glycoinositol

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

glyco- +‎ inositol

Noun[edit]

glycoinositol (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, in combination) inositol and another carbohydrate (typically as part of a phospholipid)
    • 2015 October 30, “Distinct Macrophage Fates after in vitro Infection with Different Species of Leishmania : Induction of Apoptosis by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis, but Not by Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Since Leishmania proteoglycolipids [49 ] and glycoinositol phospholipids [50 ] are stimulators of macrophage TLR4, and that L.