| Term: | liver lysophosphatidylethanolamine |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| 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: | lysophosphatidylethanolamine |
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| Synonyms: | monoacylglycerophosphoethanolamine |
| Definition: | A glycerophosphoethanolamine resulting from partial hydrolysis of a phosphatidylethanolamine, which removes one of the fatty acid groups. The structure is depicted in the image where R(1) = acyl, R(2) = H or where R(1) = H, R(2) = acyl. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:64574] ( EBI ) |