The aim of this study was to provide a basis for the molecular mechanism underlying the pharmacological action of ethanol. We studied the effects of 1-propanol on the location of n-(9-anthroyloxy)palmitic acid or stearic acid (n-AS) within the phospholipids of synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles (SPMV). The SPMV were isolated from the bovine cerebral cortex and liposomes of total lipids (SPMVTL) and phospholipids (SPMVPL). 1-Propanol increased the rotational mobility of inner hydrocarbons, while decreasing the mobility of membrane interface, in native and model membranes. The degree of rotational mobility varied with the number of carbon atoms at positions 16, 12, 9, 6 and 2 in the aliphatic chain of phospholipids in the neuronal and model membranes. The sensitivity of increasing or decreasing rotational mobility of hydrocarbon interior or surface by 1-propanol varied with the neuronal and model membranes in the following order: SPMV, SPMVPL and SPMVTL.

지방산 혼합물 단분자층 LB막의 전기화학적 특성을 통하여 그 안정성을 순환전압전류법으로 조사하였다. 지방산혼합물 LB막은 ITO glass에 LB법을 사용하여 제막하였다. 전기화학적 특성은 0.01N KClO4 용액에서 3 전극 시스템으로 순환전압전류법에 의해 측정하였다. 측정범위는 연속적으로 1650 mV로 산화시키고, 초기 전위인 -1350 mV로 환원시켰다. 주사속도는 각각 50, 100, 150, 200 및 250 mV/s로 설정하였다. 그 결과 지방산혼합물 LB막은 순환전압전류곡선으로부터 산화전류로 인한 비가역 공정으로 나타났다. 지방산혼합물 LB막은 전해질농도가 0.01 N NaClO4 용액에서 확산계수(D)는 각각 7.9×10-2 cm2s-1을 얻었다.

스테아르산과 인지질혼합물의 농도변화에 띠르는 유기초박막에 대한 안정성을 조사하였다. 스 테아르산과 인지질 혼합물 유기초박막은 ITO glass에 LB법을 사용하여 제막하였다. 전기화학적 특성은 NaClO4 용액에서 3 전극 시스템으로 순환전압전류법을 사용하여 초기 1650 mV에서 최종 퍼텐셜 -1350 mV 까지 측정하였다. 그 결과 스테아르산과 인지질의 혼합물 유기초막은 순환전압전류도표로부 터 산화전류로 인한 비가역공정으로 나타났다. 스테아르산과 인지질혼합물 LB막(몰비 1:1, 1:2, 1:3)에 서 확산계수(D)는 0.01 N NaClO4에서 각각 1.4x10-3, 1.7x10-3 및 1.6x10-3 (cm2/s)로 산출되었다.

To provide a basis for studying the pharmacological actions of tetracaine HCl, we analyzed the membrane activities of this local anesthetic. The n-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic and palmitic acid (n-AS) probes (n = 2, 6, 9, 12 and 16) have been used previously to examine fluorescence polarization gradients. These probes can report the environment at a graded series of depths from the surface to the center of the membrane bilayer structure. In a dosedependent manner, tetracaine HCl decreased the anisotropies of 6-AS, 9-AS, 12-AS and 16-AP in the hydrocarbon interior of synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles isolated from bovine cerebral cortex (SPMV), and liposomes derived from total lipids (SPMVTL) and phospholipids (SPMVPL) extracted from the SPMV. However, this compound increased the anisotropy of 2-AS at the membrane interface. The magnitude of the membrane rotational mobility reflects the carbon atom numbers of the phospholipids comprising SPMV, SPMVTL and SPMVPL and was in the order of the 16, 12, 9, 6, and 2 positions of the aliphatic chains. The sensitivity of the effects of tetracaine HCl on the rotational mobility of the hydrocarbon interior or surface region was dependent on the carbon atom numbers in the descending order 16-AP, 12-AS, 9-AS, 6-AS and 2-AS and on whether neuronal or model membranes were involved in the descending order SPMV, SPMVPL and SPMVTL.

In the present study, an attempt was made to investigate the effect of stearic acid on the autoxidation of the commercial rice bran oil. Rice bran oil samples with stearic acid at 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5% level were kept at 45±0.3℃ for 40 days. The rate of autoxidation of each samples was estimated regulary on the basis of the changes of peroxide value, acid value, anisidine value and the fatty acid composition. The results were as follows : The peroxide, acid and anisidine values of the rice bran oil with the stearic acid at 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5% levels during the autoxidation increased as compared with that of the rice bran oil without the stearic acid. The induction period of the rice bran oil without the stearic acid, control was 19.8 days, while those of the bran oil with stearic acid at 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5% levels varied 19.0 days, 17.7 days and 14.2 days, respctively. In conclusion, it seemed that stearic acid acted as weak prooxidant when added at 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5% levels to the commercial rice bran oil. The prooxidant activity of the stearic acid appeared to depend on the oxidative mechanism and their concentration.