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Phospholipid Ethers MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Phospholipid Ethers
Tree Number(s)
D02.033.800.875.875.750
D02.355.460.750
D10.570.755.375.760.400.985
Unique ID
D010742
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010742
Scope Note
Phospholipids which have an alcohol moiety in ethereal linkage with a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic alcohol. They are usually derivatives of phosphoglycerols or phosphatidates. The other two alcohol groups of the glycerol backbone are usually in ester linkage. These compounds are widely distributed in animal tissues.
Entry Term(s)
1-Alkyl-2-Acylphosphatidates
Ether Phosphatidates
Ether Phospholipids
Glycerol Phosphate Ethers
Glycerophosphate Ethers
Previous Indexing
Ethers (1966-1987)
Phosphatidic Acids or derivatives (1975-1987)
Phospholipids (1966-1987)
Public MeSH Note
88
History Note
88
Date Established
1988/01/01
Date of Entry
1987/03/25
Revision Date
2017/04/10
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