| Term: | brain lysophosphatidylcholine |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | brain |
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| Synonyms: | brain structure |
| Definition: | Cavitated compound organ which is comprised of gray and white matter and surrounds the cerebral ventricular system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000008] |
| Name: | lysophosphatidylcholine |
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| Synonyms: | lysophosphatidylcholines, monoacylglycero-3-phosphocholine |
| Definition: | An acylglycerophosphocholine resulting from partial hydrolysis of a phosphatidylcholine, which removes one of the fatty acyl groups. The structure is depicted in the image where R1 = acyl, R2 = H or where R1 = H, R2 = acyl. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:60479] ( EBI ) |