Organic Chemical
glycerophospholipids
Subclass of:
Phosphatidic Acids
Definitions related to glycerophospholipids:
  • (phosphoglyceride) Phospholipid in which the phosphate group of a phosphatidic acid is joined in ester linkage to an alcohol moiety; major components of cell membranes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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