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phosphatidic acid

phosphatidic acid noun: any derivative of glycerol in which one hydroxyl is esterified with phosphoric acid and the other two are esterified with fatty acids.

Noun

phosphatidic acid

  1. any derivative of glycerol in which one hydroxyl is esterified with phosphoric acid and the other two are esterified with fatty acids

Questions about phosphatidic acid

What does phosphatidic acid mean?
Phosphatidic acid means any derivative of glycerol in which one hydroxyl is esterified with phosphoric acid and the other two are esterified with fatty acids.
What part of speech is phosphatidic acid?
Phosphatidic acid is a noun.

Words near phosphatidic acid in the dictionary

  1. phosphatidate
  2. phosphatidates
  3. phosphatide
  4. phosphatides
  5. phosphatidic
  6. phosphatidic acid
  7. phosphatidyl
  8. phosphatidylcholine
  9. phosphatidylcholines
  10. phosphatidylethanolamide
  11. phosphatidylethanolamides

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