A complex mixture of PHOSPHOLIPIDS; GLYCOLIPIDS; and TRIGLYCERIDES; with substantial amounts of PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; and PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS, which are sometimes loosely termed as 1,2-diacyl-3-phosphocholines. Lecithin is a component of the CELL MEMBRANE and commercially extracted from SOYBEANS and EGG YOLK. The emulsifying and surfactant properties are useful in FOOD ADDITIVES and for forming organogels (GELS).
    

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Improve your products... : with Alcolec : lecithins for every purpose : a valuable colloid, emulsifier and anti-oxidant and a dietetic and food ingredient of high biological value... / American Lecithin Company, Inc.

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Blutbildend-Nervenstärkend : Leciferrin ... : Galenus Chemische Industrie G.m.b.H. Frankfurt a.M.

Improve your products... : with Alcolec : lecithins for every purpose : a valuable colloid, emulsifier and anti-oxidant and a dietetic and food ingredient of high biological value... / American Lecithin Company, Inc.

The lecithans : their function in the life of the cell / by Waldemar Koch.

Lecithin and allied substances : the lipins / by Hugh Maclean and Ida Smedley Maclean.

Biomalz dietary supplement being dispensed by a bow-tied doctor (?) to strengthen energy and nourish the nerves. Colour lithograph, 195-.