lecithin

generic term for amphiphilic substances of plant and animal origin
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lecithin

Summary

lecithin is a group or class of chemical substances[1]. lecithin ranks in the top 2% of group_or_class_of_chemical_substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • lecithin's instance of is recorded as group or class of chemical substances[3].
  • lecithin's GND ID is recorded as 4074076-6[4].
  • lecithin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 8002-43-5[5].
  • lecithin's EC number is recorded as 232-307-2[6].
  • lecithin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85075666[7].
  • lecithin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12260967s[8].
  • lecithin's subclass of is recorded as mixture[9].
  • lecithin's has use is recorded as food emulsifier[10].
  • lecithin's Commons category is recorded as Lecithin[11].
  • lecithin's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D054709[12].
  • lecithin's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 20960[13].
  • lecithin's has part is recorded as glycerophospholipid[14].
  • lecithin's E number is recorded as E322[15].
  • lecithin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lj4d[16].
  • lecithin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D10.570.755.375.760.400.800.806[17].
  • lecithin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D20.215.784.500.492[18].
  • lecithin's ChEBI ID is recorded as 61995[19].
  • lecithin's DrugBank ID is recorded as DB15834[20].
  • lecithin's official website is recorded as http://www.elma-eu.org[21].
  • lecithin's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300013024[22].
  • lecithin's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.01577[23].
  • lecithin's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 572.577[24].
  • lecithin's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0119027[25].
  • lecithin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[26].
  • lecithin's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27].

Why It Matters

lecithin ranks in the top 2% of group_or_class_of_chemical_substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,102 views/month).[2] lecithin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] lecithin is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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