title: Crystalline, liquid crystalline, and isotropic phases of sodium deoxycholate in water.
abstract: Sodium deoxycholate (NaDC) is an important example of bile salts, representing systems with complex phase behavior involving both crystalline and mesophase structures. In this study, properties of NaDC-water mixtures were evaluated as a function of composition and temperature via X-ray diffraction with synchrotron (sXRD) and laboratory radiation sources, water sorption, polarized light, hot-stage microscopy, and freezing-point osmometry. Several phases were detected depending on the composition and temperature, including isotropic solution phase, liquid crystalline (LC) phase, crystalline hydrate, and ice. The LC phase was identified as hexagonal structure by sXRD, with up to 14 high-order reflections detected. The crystalline phase was found to be nonstoichiometric hydrate, based on XRD and water sorption data. The phase diagram of NaDC-water system has been refined based on both results of this study and other reports in literature.
authors: Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
authors: Ziyang
authors: Z
authors: Su
authors: Suman
authors: S
authors: Luthra
authors: Joseph F
authors: JF
authors: Krzyzaniak
authors: Dena M
authors: DM
authors: Agra-Kooijman
authors: Satyendra
authors: S
authors: Kumar
authors: Stephen R
authors: SR
authors: Byrn
authors: Evgenyi Y
authors: EY
authors: Shalaev
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D033362:Powder Diffraction; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D014867:Water