Plasmalogen lipids: functional mechanism and their involvement in gastrointestinal cancer
Abstract The plasmalogens are a class of glycerophospholipids which contain a vinyl-ether and an ester bond at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions, respectively, in the glycerol backbone. They constitute 10 mol% of the total mass of phospholipids in humans, mainly as membrane structure components. Plasmalog...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Lipids in Health and Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-018-0685-9 |