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Phosphatidylinositol vs Inositol - What's the difference?

phosphatidylinositol | inositol |

Inositol is a derived term of phosphatidylinositol.



As nouns the difference between phosphatidylinositol and inositol

is that phosphatidylinositol is a phospholipid containing inositol while inositol is any of several isomeric cyclic polyhydric alcohols, C6H12O6, found in both plant and animal tissue.

phosphatidylinositol

English

Noun

(wikipedia phosphatidylinositol)
  • (chemistry) a phospholipid containing inositol

    • inositol

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia inositol) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) any of several isomeric cyclic polyhydric alcohols, C6H12O6, found in both plant and animal tissue.

    • Usage notes

    * Once treated as a component of the vitamin B complex, but is not a vitamin as it can be synthesized by the body.

    Derived terms

    * myo-inositol (inositol monophosphate). * inositol triphosphate * inositol pentakisphosphate * inositol hexaphosphate * inositol triphosphate receptor * phosphatidylinositol ----