Chemicals and Drugs

Phosphatidylethanolamines

Derivatives of phosphatidic acids in which the phosphoric acid is bound in ester linkage to an ethanolamine moiety. Complete hydrolysis yields 1 mole of glycerol, phosphoric acid and ethanolamine and 2 moles of fatty acids.

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Derivatives of phosphatidic acids in which the phosphoric acid is bound in ester linkage to an ethanolamine moiety. Complete hydrolysis yields 1 mole of glycerol, phosphoric acid and ethanolamine and 2 moles of fatty acids.

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  • Cephalin
  • Cephalins
  • Ethanolamine Phosphoglyceride
  • Ethanolamine Phosphoglycerides
  • Ethanolamineglycerophospholipids
  • Phosphoglyceride, Ethanolamine
  • Phosphoglycerides, Ethanolamine

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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/biosyn /physiol permitted

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History Note

77; was PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE see under CEPHALINS 1963-76; CEPHALINS was heading 1963-76

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Phosphatidylethanolamines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010714. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010714
  2. Phosphatidylethanolamines. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphatidylethanolamine
  3. Phosphatidylethanolamines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q426095