Ion Transfer through an Adsorbed Phospholipid Monolayer

Association constant for facilitated ion transfer between phosphatidylcholine and differentials 

In a breakthrough paper, Yoshida has shown that phospholipids were acting as an ionophore to facilitate the transfer of alkali metal ions and also arginine cations but not for TEA+, Ck, HCO3-, S04 , and picrate [326]. This facilitated transfer phenomenon has since been widely investigated in a series of papers that all confirmed this ionophoric property of the phospholipids [327]. In particular, Yoshida et al. established a list of association constants (Table 1.3) [328]. 

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