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<biochemistry> A metabolic intermediate, but primarily of interest as the central structural component of the major classes of biological lipids, triglycerides and phosphatidyl phospholipids. Also used as a cryoprotectant.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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