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MeSH Heading: Phosphatidylglycerols
Tree Number(s): D10.570.755.375.760.400.885
Unique ID: D010715
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010715
Annotation: /biosyn /‌physiol permitted
Scope Note: A nitrogen-free class of lipids present in animal and particularly plant tissues and composed of one mole of glycerol and 1 or 2 moles of phosphatidic acid. Members of this group differ from one another in the nature of the fatty acids released on hydrolysis.
Entry Term(s): Glycerol Phosphoglycerides; Monophosphatidylglycerols; Phosphatidyl Glycerol; Phosphatidylglycerol
Previous Indexing: Glycerophosphates (1972-1974); Phospholipids (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 77; was PHOSPHATIDYL GLYCEROL see under PHOSPHOLIPIDS 1975-76
Online Note: use PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS to search PHOSPHATIDYL GLYCEROL 1975-76
History Note: 77; was PHOSPHATIDYL GLYCEROL see under PHOSPHOLIPIDS 1975-76
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/19
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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adverse effects (AE)

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antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

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chemical synthesis (CS)

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therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

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Phosphatidylglycerols MeSH Descriptor Data 2025