Figure 3
From: Morphological alterations of exogenous surfactant inhibited by meconium can be prevented by dextran
Stereology versus minimum surface tension. A: Ratio of unilamellar vesicles to lamellar body-like forms and multilamellar vesicles, used as a morphological correlate to the small to large aggregate ratio. Samples contained Curosurf (C), Curosurf + meconium 0.02 mg/ml (CM0.02), Curosurf + meconium 0.3 mg/ml (CM0.3), Curosurf + meconium 0.3 mg/ml + dextran 5 mg/ml (CM0.3D5), and Curosurf + meconium 0.3 mg/ml + dextran 10 mg/ml (CM0.3D10). B: Minimum surface tension of Curosurf, Curosurf/meconium- and Curosurf/meconium/dextran-mixtures as measured after 5 min of cyclic area changes in the pulsating bubble surfactometer. Values are means from 5 repeated measurements.