The enzymatic sphingomyelin to ceramide conversion increases the shear membrane viscosity at the air-water interface.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.014
Abstract: Whereas most of lipids have viscous properties and they do not have significant elastic features, ceramides behave as very rigid solid assemblies, displaying viscoelastic behaviour at physiological temperatures. The present review addresses the surface rheology… read more here.
Keywords: viscosity; interface; enzymatic sphingomyelin; ceramide ... See more keywords