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PHOSPHOLIPID ETHER [1 record]

Record 1 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A phospholipid which [has] an alcohol moiety in ethereal linkage with a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic alcohol.

OBS

They are usually derivatives of phosphoglycerols or phosphatidates. The other two alcohol groups of the glycerol backbone are usually in ester linkage. These compounds are widely distributed in animal tissues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques

Spanish

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