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What is a micelle?

What is a micelle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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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It passes through the enterocyte with the other lipids of the micelle and is ultimately stored in the liver.
The water also determines the structure of certain constituents in the micelle.
The monoglycerides that result from these splitting processes combine into a complex called a micelle.
Once the micelle has passed through the fuzzy coat and the brush border, it enters the cells of the tissues that line the intestine.
It remains to be seen if the surface of the micelle can be used to target macromolecules or ligands of interest, in order to penetrate cells and pinpoint their constituents.
A unimolecular polymeric micelle comprising an ionizable inner core and a hydrophilic outer shell.

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