Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Author: Karolína Růžičková Supervisor: PharmDr. Barbora Švecová, Ph.D. Consultant: Mgr. Anna Nováčková Title of thesis: Evaluation of preparation of monolayer lipid skin barrier models Skin, the protective barrier of human body, consists of several layers. The uppermost one is the stratum corneum, part of epidermis, whose extracellular matrix is composed mainly of ceramides, cholesterol and free fatty acids. The composition and arrangement of skin lipids are essential for the proper skin barrier function. Various multilayer and monolayer models are used to study skin lipids at the molecular level. Some of the evaluation methods are Langmuir monolayers at the air interface. In this work I dealt with the behavior of monolayer lipid models at four different pH values of the liquid subphase. Lipids isolated from human skin, lipid mixture prepared from the individual components, and a mixture of fatty acids were compared as well. Langmuir isotherms and the Brewster angle microscopy at different compression rates were used for this purpose. The results showed that pH of the subphase has no major effect on lipids arrangement. Lipids were most likely to form a tight monolayer at neutral pH 7,0, at a...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:397407 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Růžičková, Karolína |
| Contributors | Švecová, Barbora, Vraníková, Barbora |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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