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distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine

distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine noun: a cephalin (phosphatidylethanolamine) containing two stearate groups.

Noun

distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine (uncountable)

  1. A cephalin (phosphatidylethanolamine) containing two stearate groups
    • COATSOME ® MC-6081 (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-phosphocholine(POPC)), SUNBRIGHT ® DSPE-PG8MG (condensation product of N-(octaglycerol-glutaryl) distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine with 3-methylglutaric acid (DSPE-PG8MG)), were provided by NOF CORPORATION (Tokyo, Japan). 1...2015 September 10, “Nanoformulation of Geranylgeranyltransferase-I Inhibitors for Cancer Therapy: Liposomal Encapsulation and pH-Dependent Delivery to Cancer Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine

What does distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine mean?
Distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine means a cephalin (phosphatidylethanolamine) containing two stearate groups.
What part of speech is distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine?
Distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine is a noun.

Words near distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine in the dictionary

  1. distearates
  2. distearin
  3. distearins
  4. distearoyl
  5. distearoylphosphatidylcholine
  6. distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine
  7. distearyl
  8. DiStefano
  9. DiStefanos
  10. disteleology
  11. distelfink

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