Cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CHEMS) is a membrane stabilizer for liposomes.CHEMS improves the stability of membrane protein synaptogyrin-1.It has been used as a component of a folate-modified self-microemulsifying drug delivery system.Detergent blends with n-dodecyl β-D-maltoside (DDM) and CHEMS has been used to solubilize erythrocyte ghostsand chemokine receptor CCR1.
