Systematic low-angle and wide-angle x-ray scattering studies have been performed on fully hydrated unoriented multilamamellar vesicles of saturated lecithins with even chain lengths N = 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 as a function of temperature T in the normal gel (L beta') phase. For all N, the area per chain Ac increases linearly with T with an average slope dAc/dT = 0.027 A2/degree C, and the lamel...

This paper describes a procedure for the separation of lecithins according to the number of ethylenic bonds in their fatty acid residues. The procedure uses a column of alkylated dextran (Sephadex LH-20) eluted with an organic solvent system, the unsaturated lipids being separated as their mercuric acetate addition compounds. The system is capable of resolving at least four species of lecithin,...