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SUBMITTER: Beekman P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8190035 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beekman Pepijn P Enciso-Martinez Agustin A Pujari Sidharam P SP Terstappen Leon W M M LWMM Zuilhof Han H Le Gac Séverine S Otto Cees C
Communications biology 20210609 1
Organosilicon compounds are ubiquitous in everyday use. Application of some of these compounds in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals is widespread on the assumption that these materials are not systemically absorbed. Here the interactions of various organosilicon compounds (simeticone, hexamethyldisilazane and polydimethylsiloxane) with cell membranes and models thereof were characterized with a range of analytical techniques, demonstrating that these compounds were retained in or on the cell m ...[more]