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Abstract
Phospholipids which have an alcohol moiety in ethereal linkage with a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic alcohol. 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.
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- Ether Phosphatidates
- Ether Phospholipids
- Glycerol Phosphate Ethers
- Glycerophosphate Ethers
- Ethers, Glycerol Phosphate
- Ethers, Glycerophosphate
- Ethers, Phospholipid
- Phosphate Ethers, Glycerol
- Phosphatidates, Ether
- Phospholipids, Ether
- 1-Alkyl-2-Acylphosphatidates
- 1 Alkyl 2 Acylphosphatidates
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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- Ethers (1966-1987)
- Phosphatidic Acids or derivatives (1975-1987)
- Phospholipids (1966-1987)
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- National Library of Medicine. Phospholipid Ethers. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010742. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010742
- Phospholipid Ethers. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76509933