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MeSH Heading: Glycerophospholipids
Tree Number(s): D10.570.755.375.760.400
Unique ID: D020404
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020404
Scope Note: Derivatives of phosphatidic acid in which the hydrophobic regions are composed of two fatty acids and a polar alcohol is joined to the C-3 position of glycerol through a phosphodiester bond. They are named according to their polar head groups, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine.
Entry Term(s): Glycerophospholipid; Phosphoglyceride; Phosphoglycerides
Registry Number: 0
Previous Indexing: Phosphatidic Acids (1977-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99; for PHOSPHOGLYCERIDES see GLYCEROPHOSPHATES 1977-98
History Note: 99; for PHOSPHOGLYCERIDES use GLYCEROPHOSPHATES 1977-98
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0030054
Registry Number: 0
Scope Note: Derivatives of phosphatidic acid in which the hydrophobic regions are composed of two fatty acids and a polar alcohol is joined to the C-3 position of glycerol through a phosphodiester bond. They are named according to their polar head groups, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine.
Terms: Glycerophospholipids Preferred Term
Term UI T060286
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Phosphoglycerides
Term UI T060287
Date03/10/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Phosphoglyceride
Term UI T001004527
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Glycerophospholipid
Term UI T001004528
Date12/31/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Glycerophospholipids MeSH Descriptor Data 2024