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Choline

"Choline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A basic constituent of lecithin that is found in many plants and animal organs. It is important as a precursor of acetylcholine, as a methyl donor in various metabolic processes, and in lipid metabolism.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Choline" by people in this website by year, and whether "Choline" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011
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