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Theses and Dissertations--Chemistry

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Oleic Acid Vesicles: Formation, Mechanisms Of Reactivity, And Uses In Determination Of Terpene Activity, Laura A. Walther Jan 2019

Oleic Acid Vesicles: Formation, Mechanisms Of Reactivity, And Uses In Determination Of Terpene Activity, Laura A. Walther

Theses and Dissertations--Chemistry

This dissertation will focus on the volatile compounds released upon the burning of incense which are numerous and varied. The first part of this dissertation is the gas chromatography-mass spectral (GC-MS) analysis of burning incense collected via solid phase microextraction (SPME) with the aim of developing a library of compounds found in incense as used in the Orthodox church.

The second part of this dissertation has the aim of developing a method for forming oleic acid bilayer vesicle membranes and a fluorescence spectroscopy method by which the reactivities of these vesicles can be analyzed. These reactivities include permeability, fluidity, aggregation, …