Uses
18:0 Diether PC or 1,2-di-
O-octadecyl-
sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine might be used:
- as a nonhydrolizable ether lipid in calcein-containing vesicles for calcein encapsulation
- to prepare ether-linked phospholipid bilayer membrane for examining its thermotropic and barotropic phase transitions
- as a component of internal standard mixture for lipid extraction from plasma sample using mass spectromety
General Description
18:0 Diether PC (phosphocholine) is a class of glycerophospholipids that has two octadecane chains attached to the
sn-1 and
sn-2 positions of the glycerol backbone by ether bonds. It has choline as the alcohol moiety, attached to the phosphate group.