TABLE 3.
Average number of ceramide-water, ceramide-DMSO, and ceramide-ceramide hydrogen bonds per ceramide molecule in bilayer systems containing different concentrations of DMSO
DMSO (mol fraction) | Average number of hydrogen bonds per ceramide molecule
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Ceramide-water | Ceramide-DMSO | Ceramide-ceramide | |
0.0 | 0.3 | — | 2.8 |
0.1 | 0.03 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
0.2 | 0.02 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
0.3 | 0.01 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
0.4 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
0.5 | 0.02 | 2.4 | 0.9 |
0.6 | 0.01 | 2.5 | 0.8 |