Figure 2.
Chemical structures of selected lipid spin labels used for membrane studies. The phospholipid analogs 7-doxylstearic acid spin label (5-SASL) and 1-palmitoyl-2-(7-doxylstearoyl)phosphatidylcholine (7-PC) models properties of the membrane hydrocarbon region, cholesterol analogues cholestane spin label (CSL) and androstane spin label (ASL) model the behavior of Chol molecules in the lipid bilayer, and the phospholipid analog tempocholine-1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidic acid ester (T-PC) models properties of the head groups region.