Ceramides with shortened sphingosine and acyl chains synthesized
Bell-shaped chain length–permeability relationships with maxima at 15C sphingosine
Ceramides with 15C-sphingosine: 15 times higher skin permeability
Ceramides with 15C-sphingosine: 79 times higher membrane permeability
IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction: altered lamellar organization