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Part Descriptions

LP15697-3   Lecithin
Lecithin belongs to a group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, and in egg yolk. It is composed of phosphoric acid, choline, fatty acids, glycerol, glycolipids, triglycerides, and phospholipids (e.g., phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylinositol). Lecithin is sometimes used as a synonym for pure phosphatidylcholine, a phospholipid that is the major component of its phosphatide fraction. Lecithin may be isolated either from egg yolk or from soy beans. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Lecithin

LP15697-3   Lecithin
Lecithin naturally occurs in plants and animals. It is composed of glycerol, two fatty acids, a phosphate group, and choline.Lecithin is found in many foods including egg yolks, liver, peanuts, corn, spinach, whole grains, and soy beans.Lecithin is used commercially as an emulsifier in baking mixes, candy, chewing gum, chocolate, ice cream, macaroni, margarine, whipped toppings, and many more.Lecithin in the body is present in bile and functions to help emulsify dietary fats in the lumen of the small intestine. Bile is produced in the liver and stored and concentrated in the gallbladder.
Lecithin is a the most abundant phospholipid that makes up the majority of cellular membranes. Lecithin mixes with oil and water to form micelles.Micelles are spherical shells of fat surounded by lecithin.The nonpolar tails are oriented inward toward the fat and the polar end of lecithin is oriented outward toward the water.The formation of micelles is a mechanical process known as emulsification which breaks fat into small droplets and makes the droplets water soluble.[books.google.com/books?id=bmIMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA912&lpg=PA912&dq=lecithin+physiology&source=bl&ots=yIbPL5YMWy&sig=WX7E1RPt3q8G7hIehF9ASo3StM0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYusmvvKDWAhWm0YMKHYt7CsgQ6AEISDAJ#v=onepage&q=lecithin%20physiology&f=false][http://science.jrank.org/pages/3881/Lecithin-Dietary-commercial-sources.html] Source: Regenstrief LOINC

LP32157-7   Sphingomyelin
Sphingomyelin is a type of sphingolipid found in animal cell membranes, especially in the membranous myelin sheath which surrounds some nerve cell axons. Like all sphingolipids, it consists of sphingosine bonded to one fatty acid and one polar head group, which, in sphingomyelins, is either phosphocholine or phosphoethanolamine. The fatty acid is attached to the second carbon of sphingosine via an amide linkage. The function of sphingomyelin remained unclear until recently when it was found to have a function in signal transduction. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Sphingomyelin (Wikipedia)

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Lecithin/Sphingomyelin
Property
Ratio
Time
Pt
System
Amnio fld
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Long Common Name
Lecithin/Sphingomyelin [Ratio] in Amniotic fluid
Short Name
Lecithin/Sphingomyelin Amn-Rto
Display Name
Lecithin/Sphingomyelin (Amn fld) [Ratio]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Lecithin/Sphingomyelin, Amniotic fluid

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 1.0k
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Order vs. Observation
Both
Common Test Rank Get Info
11905

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
35084-3 Fetal lung maturity in Amniotic fluid

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-AR Spanish (Argentina) lecitina/esfingomielina:relación:punto en el tiempo:líquido amniótico:cuantitativo:
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Lecitina/Esfingomielina:Fracción:Punto temporal:Fluido Ammiótico:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Lecitina / Esfingomielina:Proporción:Punto temporal:Líquido amniótico:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Letsitiin/sfingomüeliin:Suhe:Pt:AmnF:Qn:
Synonyms: Amnionivedelik Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne
fr-CA French (Canada) Lécithine/Sphingomyéline:Ratios:Temps ponctuel:Liquide amniotique:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Lécithine/sphingomyéline:Ratio:Ponctuel:Liquide amniotique:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Lécithine/Sphingomyéline:Ratios:Temps ponctuel:Liquide amniotique:Quantitatif:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Lecitina/Sfingomielina:Rapporto:Pt:Liquido amniotico:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Liquido amniotico Punto nel tempo (episodio)
ko-KR Korean (Korea, Republic Of) 레시틴/스핑고마이엘린:비율:검사시점:양수:정량:
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) lecithine/sfingomyeline:verhouding:moment:vruchtwater:kwantitatief:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Lecitina/Esfingomielina:Ratio:Pt:LiqAmni:Qn:
Synonyms: Phosphatidylcholine; Choline phosphoglyceride; L/S; L/S ratio; Rto; Point in time; Random; Amn; Amniotic fluid; Amn fl; Amniotic flu; AF; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Chemistry
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Лецитин/Сфингомиелин:Отношение:ТчкВрм:Амниотич ждк:Колич:
Synonyms: Амниотическая жидкость Количественный Коэффициент;Соотношение;Пропорция Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Lesitin/Sfingomiyelin:Oran:Zmlı:Amniyon sv:Kant:
Synonyms: Amniyon mayii
zh-CN Chinese (China) 磷脂酰胆碱/鞘磷脂:比率:时间点:羊水:定量型:
Synonyms: 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 卵磷脂;蛋黄素 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 来自于不同体系的两个观察指标之比;比;比值 神经磷脂 神经磷脂;神经鞘骨磷脂;鞘磷脂 羊膜水;胎水

Example Units

Unit Source
{ratio} Example UCUM Units

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CodeSystem lookup
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