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Is a potent inflammatory mediator; it is an ether-linked analogue of phosphatidylcholine, bearing an ester linked acetyl moiety at the sn-2 position of glycerol.
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Schwab, M. (2014). Platelet-Activating-Factor. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_4609-2
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