Chemicals and Drugs

Phosphatidylglycerols

A nitrogen-free class of lipids present in animal and particularly plant tissues and composed of one mole of glycerol and 1 or 2 moles of phosphatidic acid. Members of this group differ from one another in the nature of the fatty acids released on hydrolysis.

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Abstract

A nitrogen-free class of lipids present in animal and particularly plant tissues and composed of one mole of glycerol and 1 or 2 moles of phosphatidic acid. Members of this group differ from one another in the nature of the fatty acids released on hydrolysis.

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  • Glycerol Phosphoglycerides
  • Phosphatidylglycerol
  • Phosphoglycerides, Glycerol
  • Monophosphatidylglycerols
  • Phosphatidyl Glycerol
  • Glycerol, Phosphatidyl

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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 GLYCEROL see under PHOSPHOLIPIDS 1975-76

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  • Glycerophosphates (1972-1974)
  • Phospholipids (1966-1974)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Phosphatidylglycerols. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010715. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010715
  2. Phosphatidylglycerols. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76390081