MEL-A 

MEL-A is a glycolipid biosurfactant. MEL-A can be produced from vegetable oils by Pseudozyma yeasts. MEL-A can improve the low-temperature fluidity of biodiesel and hydrocarbon fuels. MEL-A is composed of a mixture of MEL-A isoforms with variable lengths of the fatty acid chain. MEL-A can significantly increases gene transfection by cationic liposomes via membrane fusion^[1][2][3][4].

480.46

C₂₀H₃₂O₁₃

3029766-02-4

Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.

• [1]. Imura, T., et al., (2007). Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 23(4), 1659–1663.  [Content Brief]

  [2]. Im, J. H., et al., (2001). Mannosylerythritol lipid, a yeast extracellular glycolipid, shows high binding affinity towards human immunoglobulin G. BMC biotechnology, 1, 5.  [Content Brief]

  [3]. Fluidity of Biodiesel and Hydrocarbon Fuels. Energy Fuels 2016, 30, 5, 4118–4125.

  [4]. Inoh, Y., et al., (2004). Biosurfactant MEL-A dramatically increases gene transfection via membrane fusion. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 94(2-3), 423–431.  [Content Brief]