The basic behavior of lipids in contact with water is due to their unusual nature. One end of the molecule is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic (Figure 1A), so lipid molecules will react to ...

(B) A single glycerophospholipid molecule is composed of two major regions: a hydrophilic head (green) and hydrophobic tails (purple). (C) The subregions of a glycerophospholipid molecule ...

Typically, the hydrophilic head of a lipid points one way while its two hydrophobic tails point in the other, but by having the tails alternate like this, the lipids are more tightly packed ...

isolation of drugs from the surrounding environment and the ability to entrap both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs. Through the addition of agents to the lipid membrane, or the alteration of the ...

Lipid nanocapsules are composed of a lipid core surrounded ... These methods are versatile and can be used to encapsulate both hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances. Interfacial polymerization ...