FAQs
Drug Delivery / Pharmaceutical Applications
- What Are The Differences Between (Advantages Of) Synthetic And Natural Phospholipids?
- What Are The Advantages/Disadvantages Of Including Cholesterol In My Liposomes?
- How Do I Get My Hydrophobic Drug In The Lipid Membrane?
- What Lipids Should I Use For My Liposomes?
- What Issues Should I Consider When Selecting Lipids?
- Things to Consider When Choosing a Cationic Lipid for Your Formulation
General Questions
- What Is The Meaning Of “sn” In The Lipid Name?
- What Do The Numbers In The Lipid Name Mean?
- What Are The Correct Procedures For The Storage And Handling Of Lipids?
- How Do I Evaluate The Quality Of My Lipid?
- Can I Store My Lipid In An Aqueous Solution?
- Can I Store / Handle My Lipid With Containers / Tools Made Of Plastic?
- How Can I Protect My Lipid From Oxidation?
- Do Your Lipids Contain BHT?
- How Do I Protonate An Acidic Lipid?
- Clarification on Packaging
- Clarification on the Shelf Life
- Clarification on Mycoplasma, Fungi or Endotoxin, Etc.
- Clarification on Product Codes
- Clarification on Type of Chloroform Used for Research Products
- Clarification on Container Packaging
- What are Bioz Badges?
- Which SPLASH™ Mixture is right for me?
- You have just received your SPLASH™ Mixture - now what?
Liposomes
- How Should I Store My Liposomes?
- Can I Freeze My Liposomes?
- How Long Can I Store Liposomes?
- Liposomes vs. Micelles
- How Do I Determine The Size Of My Liposomes?
- What Issues Should I Consider When Selecting Lipids?
- How Do I Concentrate A Liposome?
- What Is An SUV And LUV And How Do They Differ?
- Why Doesn’t My SUV Prep Clear When I Sonicate?
- When I Initially Prepare My Lipids To Form Liposomes, Do I Have To Place The Lipids In A Vacuum To Remove The Residual Chloroform?
- Want to know more about the different lipid morphologies?
Ordering
- When I Order 10mg Of Lipid Do I Get Exactly 10mg?
- Does Avanti Do Custom Synthesis?
- What Issues Should I Consider Before Placing My Order?
- Information for ordering Avanti products
- Avanti's Limited Warranty Policy
Packaging
- Is It Better To Order My Lipids As A Powder Or Chloroform Solution?
- I Tried To Weigh Some Lipid Powder And It Turned Gummy And Stuck To The Paper And Spatula. Is There A Problem With The Lipid?
Physical Properties / Solubility
- What Is The Enantiomeric Purity Of Avanti’s Phospholipids?
- What Is The Transition Temperature Of The Lipid?
- What Is The CMC Of The Lipid?
- What Is The pKa Of The Lipid?
- How Do I Solubilize My Acidic Lipid (PG, PS, PA, Etc.) In Chloroform?
- My Lipid Was In Solution At Room Temperature, But When I Took The Sample Out Of The Freezer There Was A Precipitate In The Vial. Is There Something Wrong With My Lipid?
- What is the solubility of PIP2?
- How do I remove solvent from a small amount of lipid?
- My Lipid Did Not Dissolve, What Can I Do?
- How do I store my lipid in an organic solution?
- How do I solubilize PHAD?
Standards
- Can I Use My LIPID MAPS Mass Spectrometry Internal Lipid Standards More Than Once?
- What Is The Difference Between Quantitative And Qualitative Standards?
- What Is The Purity Of Avanti’s LIPID MAPS Mass Spec Standards?
- Which SPLASH™ Mixture is right for me?
- You have just received your SPLASH™ Mixture - now what?