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What is a micelle?

What is a micelle? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration
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The monoglycerides that result from these splitting processes combine into a complex called a micelle.
In a second step, these helices are inserted into the hydrophobic environment of the detergent micelle.
It passes through the enterocyte with the other lipids of the micelle and is ultimately stored in the liver.
The diameter of each micelle is roughly twice the length of the extended fatty acid.
Once the micelle has passed through the fuzzy coat and the brush border, it enters the cells of the tissues that line the intestine.
Using this method, the radius of oleate micelles was found to be 1.3 nm, consistent with the expected size of a spherical oleate micelle.

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