Abstract
1,2-dilinoleoyl phosphatidyl choline (Fig.1) is the prototype of a polyunsaturated phosphatidyl choline (PU-PC) molecule (Fig.2):
Since in these phospholipid molecules the acyl moieties consist of essential fatty acids — particulary linoleic acid — they have been named “essential” phospholipids, an abbreviation denoting this particular characteristic of these special phosphatidyl cholines.
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Fox, J.M. (1976). A Glossary of Essential Phospholipids, Lipids, and Lipoproteins. In: Peeters, H. (eds) Phosphatidylcholine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66424-3_1
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