VOL-2 ISSUE-1, January 2018


Critical vesicular concentration (CVC) of arjunolic acid in DMSO-water using hydrophobic pyrene as a fluorescent probe



Pages : 24-27

Author(s) : Subrata Ghorai, Kanchana Dilrukshi Wijesekera, Mayuri Tharanga Napagoda, Braja Gopal Bag

Category : Research Paper


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Abstract :
Self-assembly of arjunolic acid, a naturally occurring 6-6-6-6-6 trihydroxytriterpenic acid, in bilary liquid mixtures has been reported yielding vesicles of nano to micrometer diameters. Critical vesicular concentration (cvc) of arjunolic acid is reported here using the fluorescence probe of pyrene monomer. The cvc determined by this method in DMSO-water binary liquid mixtures at 2:1, 1:1, and 1:4 v/v ratio were determined to be 68 M, 57 M and 49 M respectively showing a lowering in the cvc’s with increasing percentage of water.

Keywords : Arjunolic acid, self-assembly, vesicle, fluorescence, cvc, pyrene