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glycerophospholipids

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002916

Derivatives of phosphatidic acid in which the hydrophobic regions are composed of two fatty acids and a polar alcohol is joined to the C-3 position of glycerol through a phosphodiester bond. They are named according to their polar head groups, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002916
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsphosphoglycerides
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsophosphatidic acids; phosphatidylcholines; phosphatidylethanolamines
TranslationsSpanish: glicerofosfolípidos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002916",
  "term": "glycerophospholipids",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Derivatives of phosphatidic acid in which the hydrophobic regions are composed of two fatty acids and a polar alcohol is joined to the C-3 position of glycerol through a phosphodiester bond. They are named according to their polar head groups, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine.",
  "synonyms": [
    "phosphoglycerides"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "phosphatidic acids",
    "phosphatidylcholines",
    "phosphatidylethanolamines"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "glicerofosfolípidos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/glycerophospholipids/"
}

Record 2,916 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.