Vesicle formation in aqueous solutions of bile salt and monoacylglycerol.
We have investigated by means of quasielastic light scattering and freeze-fracture electron microscopy the aggregation behavior of aqueous solutions of taurocholate and monoolein. A spontaneous micelle-to-vesicle transition has been observed upon dilution of a mixed micellar solution. The size and stability of the micelles and vesicles present in these solutions has been studied as a function of the concentration and incubation time.
D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D005989:Glycerides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008027:Light; D008823:Micelles; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013656:Taurocholic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
D005989:Glycerides; D008823:Micelles; D013656:Taurocholic Acid; C005953:monoolein