The functions of polarized water and membrane lipids: a rebuttal
Ling, G.N.
Physiological Chemistry and Physics 9(4-5): 301-311
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-9325 PMID: 613328 Document Number: 121068
In 1973, experimental evidence was reported in support of the view that water polarized in multilayers rather than simple lipid is responsible for the semipermeable properties of living cell membranes. The present article presents a full rebuttal to a subsequent attack on that view.
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