Term Name: monoacylglycerol
Synonyms: a monoacylglycerol, Acylglycerol, Glyceride, mono-O-acylglycerols, Monoacylglycerol, monoacylglycerols, Monoglyceride, monoglycerides
Definition: A glyceride in which any one of the R groups (position not specified) is an acyl group while the remaining two R groups can be either H or alkyl groups.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:17408]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: glyceride
has subtype: 1-alkyl-2-methyl-3-acyl-sn-glycerol 1-alkyl-3-acylglycerol 1-monoglyceride 1-oleoyl-2-O-arachidonyl-sn-glycerol 1-palmityl-2-methyl-3-oleoyl-sn-glycerol 2-monoglyceride 3-[alpha-D-galactosyl-(1->6)-beta-D-galactosyl]-monoacyl-sn-glycerol MG(20:2(11Z,14Z)/0:0/0:0) MG(20:3(6,8,11)-OH(5)/0:0/0:0) MG(20:3(8Z,11Z,14Z)/0:0/0:0) monoacylglycerol 14:0 monoacylglycerol 16:0 monoacylglycerol 16:1 monoacylglycerol 16:5 monoacylglycerol 17:1 monoacylglycerol 18:0 monoacylglycerol 18:1 monoacylglycerol 18:2 monoacylglycerol 18:3 monoacylglycerol 18:4 monoacylglycerol 20:2 monoacylglycerol 20:3 monoacylglycerol 20:4 monoacylglycerol 20:5 monoacylglycerol 22:4 monoacylglycerol 22:5 monoacylglycerol 22:6 monodecanoylglycerol monooctanoylglycerol