| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | diglyceride |
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| Synonyms: | a diacylglycerol, di-O-acylglycerols, Diacylglycerol, diacylglycerols, Diglyceride, diglycerides |
| Definition: | A glyceride that is glycerol in which any two of the hydroxy groups have been acylated. In the structure shown, two of the R groups (positions not specified) are acyl groups while the remaining R group can be either H or an alkyl group. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:18035] ( EBI ) |