different between phosphatidylinositol vs inositol

English

Etymology

phosphatidyl +? inositol

Noun

phosphatidylinositol (plural phosphatidylinositols)

1. (chemistry) a phospholipid containing inositol

Translations

English

Etymology

From its former name inosite +? -ol (“an alcohol”), from Ancient Greek ???? (inós, genitive singular of ?? (ís, “sinew, tendon”)) +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n??.s?.t?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??no?.s??t?l/, /a??no?.s??t?l/, /??no?.s??to?l/, /a??no?.s??to?l/

Noun

inositol (countable and uncountable, plural inositols)

1. (biochemistry) A simple sugar alcohol (hexahydroxycyclohexane, chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆) which occurs in animal and plant tissue and is a vitamin of the B group.

   Synonym: inosite

Usage notes

• Once treated as a component of the vitamin B complex, but is not a vitamin as it can be synthesized by the body.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “inositol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “inositol”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Spanish

Noun

inositol m (plural inositoles)

1. (organic chemistry) inositol