glycerophosphoric acid
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glycerophosphoric acid
[¦glis·ə·rō‚fäs′fȯr·ik ′as·əd] (biochemistry)
C3H5(OH)2OPO3H2 Either of two pale-yellow, water-soluble, isomeric dibasic acids occurring in nature in combined form as cephalin and lecithin.
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