The results show that it is feasible to produce low strength SCC, with the necessary fluidity and reduced binder consumption, when mineral additions of metakaolin and fly ash are used.
A noticeable decrease in FAn of three fluorescent probes was observed in the synbiotic group compared with the control over 12 wk, indicative of increased membrane fluidity and reduced cholesterol enrichment in the RBC membrane.
Furthermore, these authors demonstrated that carotenoid-dependent pigmentation in non-isogenic clinical isolates positively correlated with increased survival from LC-uFFAs and showed that the carotenoid staphyloxanthin acted to decrease membrane fluidity and reduce its damaging effects.
Suboptimal growth temperatures have major impacts on cell physiology including decreasing membrane fluidity and a reduced efficiency of protein synthesis and folding [ 1- 3].
Lipid rafts are small (10 200 nm) plasma membrane domains containing high levels of sphingolipids, mainly SM, and cholesterol, which are characterized physicochemically by tight packing and reduced fluidity leading to a liquid-ordered phase surrounded by the bulk liquid-disordered membranes [ 54– 54].
Viperin expression regulates many cellular functions, such as forming LDs and reducing membrane fluidity.
Other reported effects of Al exposure are the disruption of Ca2+ homeostasis [ 6, 7], increased ACC oxidase activity with a consequent increase in ethylene production [ 8], Al binding to cell wall polysaccharides [ 9, 10] and reduced membrane fluidity [ 11].
Bacteria can compensate for the presence of these compounds by decreasing cell membrane fluidity, which reduces disruption by organic compounds and thereby increases organotolerance (Beney and Gervais 2001).
Several works showed that this compound regulated lipid metabolism in DMD patients, restoring muscle membrane fluidity [ 33], decreasing glucose oxidation, and reducing fatty acid [ 34].
