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phosphorylethanolamine

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Also known as O-Phosphoethanolamine, 2-aminoethyl dihydrogen phosphate, calcium 2-aminoethanol phosphate, colamine acid phosphate, colamine phosphate, colamine phosphoric acid, colaminephosphoric acid, colaminphosphoric acid

Phosphorylethanolamine or phosphoethanolamine is an ethanolamine derivative that is used to construct two different categories of phospholipids. One category termed a glycerophospholipid and the other a sphingomyelin, or more specifically within the sphingomyelin class, a sphingophospholipid. Phosphorylethanolamine is a polyprotic acid with two pKa values at 5.61 and 10.39.

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Phosphorylethanolamine or phosphoethanolamine is an ethanolamine derivative that is used to construct two different categories of phospholipids. One category termed a glycerophospholipid and the other a sphingomyelin, or more specifically within the sphingomyelin class, a sphingophospholipid. Phosphorylethanolamine is a polyprotic acid with two pKa values at 5.61 and 10.39.

Phosphorylethanolamine has been falsely promoted as a cancer treatment.

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