Jose Luis Parra

TL;DR: The link between skin disorders and changes in barrier lipid composition, especially in ceramides, is difficult to prove, however, most skin disorders that have a diminished barrier function present a decrease in total ceramide content with some differences in the ceramide pattern.

TL;DR: The use of mixtures of miscible solvents (e.g. dimethylsulfoxide and 2-methyl-2-butanol) as a general strategy to acylate enzymatically hydrophilic substrates is proposed and it is observed that decreasing the hydrophobicity of the medium can be substantially enhanced.

TL;DR: Vesicle to micelle transformation was mainly governed by the progressive formation of mixed micelles within the bilayer, which led to a complete solubilization of liposomes.

TL;DR: In this article, enzymes were used to synthesize di-and trisaccharide-based surfactants with critical micelle concentration (CMC) values in the range 2−250 µm with surface tension values ranging from 24.5 to 36.5 µm.

TL;DR: It is found that tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol fatty acid esters are relevant surfactants when the right hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) is attained and, in some cases, as efficient as emulsifiers commonly used in industry, such as Brij 30 or Tween 20.