Organic Chemical
plasmalogen
plas·mal·o·gen [ plaz-mal-uh-jin, -jen ]
Subclass of:
Phospholipid Ethers
Definitions related to plasmalogens:
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A class of membrane phospholipids found in platelets, muscle, myelin, and elsewhere.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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A glycerophospholipid with an enol ether double bond in the sn-1 position of its glycerol backbone.CRCH Nutrition TerminologyCancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
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An ether lipid in which glycerol is covalently bound to a polar phospholipid head group like choline or ethanolamine, a typical ester-linked fatty acid, and an ether-linked fatty acid, which is usually a vinyl alcohol. Plasmalogens occur in nervous tissues, testes and kidneys at significant levels in vertebrates.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS in which one of the two acyl chains is attached to glycerol with an ether alkenyl linkage instead of an ester as with the other glycerophospholipids.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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