Alkenylsuccinic acids increase permeability of cells to water by in corporation of the molecules into the lipid layer of the cytoplasmic membrane, thereby changing the membrane from a phase characterized by a high activation energy for water transport to a phase where only the effect of the viscosity of water is observable.
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