Phase behaviour of oleanolic acid/stearyl stearate binary mixtures in bulk and at the air-water interface

Chem Phys Lipids. 2009 Jul;160(1):45-57. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.04.001. Epub 2009 Apr 24.

Abstract

The solid-liquid phase behaviour of oleanolic acid (OLA)/stearyl stearate (SS) was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy. A eutectic type diagram, with the eutectic composition close to pure SS was obtained. Complementary studies by NMR, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy were performed. A mutual influence was detected in mixtures: the low melting form of SS is favoured at low OLA molar fractions (X(OLA)) and spherulitic structures appear at high X(OLA) and high temperature. Additionally, H-bonding between OLA carbonyl groups increases in the presence of SS. The study of OLA/SS by the Langmuir method and Brewster angle microscopy revealed the organization at the air-water interface: OLA interacts with water in the first layer, while SS is completely segregated to the upper layer for X(OLA)>0.3, and it distributes in the first and upper layers for X(OLA)<0.3.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air*
  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Hot Temperature
  • Oleanolic Acid / chemistry*
  • Phase Transition
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Stearates / chemistry*
  • Thermodynamics
  • Water / chemistry*
  • Waxes / chemistry*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Stearates
  • Waxes
  • Water
  • stearyl stearate
  • Oleanolic Acid