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Biological implications of cadmium-phospholipid monolayers

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The potential interaction of air-borne metal pollutants with pulmonary lung surfactant may be simulated using monolayers of dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline (lecithin) spread on aqueous subphases containing different metal ions. Preliminary surface pressure and surface potential results indicate that cadmium interacts with dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline, such that the surface characteristics of the phospholipid are altered.

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  1. James Swarbrick

    Present address: Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute, 12144, Rensselear, N.Y.

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  1. Pharmaceutics Section, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, 06268, Storrs, Connecticut

    Albert A. Belmonte & James Swarbrick

  2. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, 06268, Storrs, Connecticut

    Robert G. Jensen & Dennis T. Gordon

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Belmonte, A.A., Swarbrick, J., Jensen, R.G. et al. Biological implications of cadmium-phospholipid monolayers. Lipids 7, 490–492 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533167

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