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noun - a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats
Any of a group of phospholipids found in egg yolks and the plasma membrane of plant and animal cells, used as an emulsifier in a wide range of commercial products, including foods, cosmetics, paints, and plastics.
noun - any of a group of fatty substances found in plant and animal tissues
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| Being sneaky, China let international hide a complex substance found in membranes |
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| Jul 29 2012 The Times - Cryptic |
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| Any of a group of phospholipids found in egg yolks and the plasma membrane of plant and animal cells, used as an emulsifier in a wide range of commercial products, including foods, cosmetics, paints, and plastics. Also called phosphatidylcholine. |
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| a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells used commercially as an emulsifier |
| a substance found in plant and animal tissue, often used in food products to help the different parts mix together well |
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| Lecithin (UK: , US: , from the Greek lekithos, "egg yolk") is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, which are amphiphilic they attract both water and fatty substances (and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic), and are used for smoothing food textures, dissolving powders (emulsifying), homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.Lecithins are mixtures of glycerophospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidic acid.Lecithin was first isolated in 1845 by the French chemist and pharmacist Theodore Gobley. In 1850, he named the phosphatidylcholine lécithine. Gobley originally isolated lecithin from egg yolk lekithos is "egg yolk" in Ancient Greekand established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine in 1874; in between, he had demonstrated the presence of lecithin in a variety of biological matters, i |