Table 1 Summary of the CVCs of all the different C18 and C11 based systems using three different assays.

From: Compositional heterogeneity confers selective advantage to model protocellular membranes during the origins of cellular life

Apparent CVC in mM

System used

Fluorescence Assay

Microscopy

Turbidity Assay

UDA

35

42

40

UDA:UDOH

4

12

8

UDA:UDG

2

2

2

UDA:UDG:UDOH

2

2

3

OA

0.09

0.6

0.2

OA:OOH

0.06

0.1

0.1

OA:GMO

0.01

0.1

0.1

OA:GMO:OOH

0.02

0.05

0.08

  1. Columns 2, 3, and 4 provide a comparison of the difference in the CVC estimation using fluorescence assay, microscopy and turbidity assay, respectively. The molar ratio of fatty acid to overall derivative was kept to 2:1. UDA, undecylenic acid; UDG, glyceryl 1-undecylenate; UDOH, undecylenyl alcohol; OA, oleic acid; GMO, glycerol 1-monooleate; OOH, oleyl alcohol.
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