plasmalogen

plasmalogen /plas·ma·lo·gen/ (plaz-mal´o-jen) any of various phospholipids in which the group at one C1 of glycerol is an ether-linked alcohol in place of an ester-linked fatty acid, found in myelin sheaths of nerve fibers, cell membranes of muscle, and platelets.

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plas·mal·o·gen (plz-ml-jn, -jn)

n.

Any of various glycerophospholipids in which a fatty acid group is replaced by a fatty aldehyde group.

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plasmalogen

one of a group of phospholipids found in platelets, cell membranes of muscle and myelin sheaths of nerve fibers. In platelets their hydrolysis produces aldehydes which appear to play a significant part in the coagulation function of those cells.