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Phosphatidylinositol vs Lysophosphatidylinositol - What's the difference?

phosphatidylinositol | lysophosphatidylinositol |

As nouns the difference between phosphatidylinositol and lysophosphatidylinositol

is that phosphatidylinositol is (chemistry) a phospholipid containing inositol while lysophosphatidylinositol is (organic chemistry) any derivative of phosphatidylinositol in which one or both acyl derivatives have been removed by hydrolysis.

phosphatidylinositol

English

Noun

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

    • lysophosphatidylinositol

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any derivative of phosphatidylinositol in which one or both acyl derivatives have been removed by hydrolysis