Table 1.

Specific capacitance of POPC membranes in aqueous solutions containing different concentrations up to 300 mmol/L glucose, fructose or sucrose; data obtained from electrodeformation of GUVs; GF, goodness of fit. The errors in ${\overline{C}}_m$ and $C_m$ are standard deviations.

Sugar, mmol/L	λin, µS/cm	Λ	${\overline{\mathit{C}}}_{\mathit{m}},\mu \mathbf{F}/{\mathbf{cm}}^2$ (Number of Vesicles)	${\mathit{C}}_{\mathit{m}},\mu \mathbf{F}/{\mathbf{cm}}^2$	GF
Control
0	258	0.87	0.44 ± 0.03 (7)	0.51 ± 0.04	0.75
Sucrose
50	276	0.95	0.45 ± 0.02 (9)	0.53 ± 0.03	0.73
100	238	0.93	0.49 ± 0.04 (11)	0.59 ± 0.05	0.44
200	363	0.95	0.53 ± 0.03 (10)	0.65 ± 0.04	0.82
300	347	0.94	0.54 ± 0.03 (8)	0.66 ± 0.04	0.84
Glucose
50	318	0.94	0.45 ± 0.04 (8)	0.53 ± 0.05	0.93
100	257	0.88	0.45 ± 0.05 (6)	0.53 ± 0.06	0.66
200	192	0.88	0.45 ± 0.05 (6)	0.53 ± 0.07	0.31
300	223	0.90	0.44 ± 0.02 (8)	0.52 ± 0.02	0.96
Fructose
50	145	0.88	0.47 ± 0.04 (15)	0.56 ± 0.04	0.53
100	312	0.95	0.43 ± 0.02 (7)	0.50 ± 0.02	0.48
200	148	0.87	0.42 ± 0.02 (10)	0.49 ± 0.02	0.80
300	145	0.87	0.45 ± 0.04 (10)	0.55 ± 0.04	0.64