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Phosphatidylinositol vs Phosphatidyl - What's the difference?

phosphatidylinositol | phosphatidyl | Derived terms |

Phosphatidylinositol is a derived term of phosphatidyl.


As nouns the difference between phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidyl

is that phosphatidylinositol is (chemistry) a phospholipid containing inositol while phosphatidyl is (organic chemistry) a radical derived from a phosphatidate.

phosphatidylinositol

English

Noun

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

    • phosphatidyl

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry) A radical derived from a phosphatidate.

    • Derived terms

    *phosphatidylcholine - lecithin *phosphatidylethanolamine - cephalin *phosphatidylglycerol *phosphatidylinositol *phosphatidylserine *phosphatidyltransferase