| Term: | brain CDP-choline |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | brain |
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| Synonyms: | brain structure |
| Definition: | Cavitated compound organ which is comprised of gray and white matter and surrounds the cerebral ventricular system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000008] |
| Name: | CDP-choline |
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| Synonyms: | 5'-O-[hydroxy({[2-(trimethylammonio)ethoxy]phosphinato}oxy)phosphoryl]cytidine, [2-CYTIDYLATE-O'-PHOSPHONYLOXYL]-ETHYL-TRIMETHYL-AMMONIUM, CDP-colina, citicolina, Citicoline, citicolinum, citidin difosfato de colina, cyticholine, Cytidindiphosphocholin, cytidine 5'-(choline diphosphate), cytidine 5'-(cholinyl pyrophosphate), Cytidine 5'-diphosphocholine, cytidine 5'-diphosphoric choline |
| Definition: | A member of the class of phosphocholines that is the chloine ester of CDP. It is an intermediate obtained in the biosynthetic pathway of structural phospholipids in cell membranes. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:16436] ( EBI ) |