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phos·phatidyl·choline
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phosphatidylcholinenoun
A phospholipid containing choline.
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Phosphatidylcholine
Phosphatidylcholines are a class of phospholipids that incorporate choline as a headgroup. They are a major component of biological membranes and can be easily obtained from a variety of readily available sources, such as egg yolk or soy beans, from which they are mechanically or chemically extracted using hexane. They are also a member of the lecithin group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues. While phosphatidylcholines are found in all plant and animal cells, they are absent in the membranes of some prokaryotes, such as Escherichia coli. Purified phosphatidylcholine is produced commercially. The name "lecithin" was originally defined from the Greek lekithos by Theodore Nicolas Gobley, a French chemist and pharmacist of the mid-19th century, who applied it to the egg yolk phosphatidylcholine that he identified in 1847. Gobley eventually completely described his lecithin from chemical structural point of view, in 1874. Phosphatidylcholines are such a major component of lecithin that in some contexts the terms are sometimes used as synonyms. However, lecithin extracts consist of a mixture of phosphatidylcholine and other compounds. It is also used along with sodium taurocholate for simulating fed- and fasted-state biorelevant media in dissolution studies of highly-lipophilic drugs.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of phosphatidylcholine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of phosphatidylcholine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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