Lecithin - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Lecithin;

NCIt related terms : Phospholipid with Choline;

NCIt definition : A phospholipid with a polar choline found in phosphoester linkage to diacylglycerol.;

Alternative definition : CRCH: Dietary phospholipid containing choline.;

Chemical formula : C22H44O2;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:16110; CHEBI:61995;

Details

Origin ID

C68386;

UMLS CUI

C0031617;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Lecithin (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Phosphatidylcholine [FMA entity]
- lecithin [EMDN type]
- lecithin [medical devices type]
- phosphatidyl choline [SNOMED Notion]
- phosphatidylcholines [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Lecithin [LOINC component]
- Lecithin (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Product containing lecithin (medicinal product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- lecithins [IUPAC Term]
- lecithins [MeSH concept]
- lecithins [MeSH Descriptor]

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