16:1 (Δ9-Cis) PC (1,2-dipalmitoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) may be used to prepare giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), to prepare multilamellar vesicles (MLVs), in lipid membrane to study the antibiotic activity of the lantibiotic gallidermin.
16:1 (Δ9-Cis) PC (1,2-dipalmitoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) is a lipid derivative having a phosphocholine backbone. It also has two palmitic acid chains each having one cis double bond at 9th carbon. It is a double mono-unsaturated lipid.
Phosphatidylcholine (PC) forms a hydrophobic surface in the mucus by acting as a surfactant resulting in the inhibition of penetrance of bacteria.
