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Alkylphosphocholine Compound
An ether-linked lysophosphatidylcholine with potential antineoplastic activity. Exhibiting anti-proliferative and immunomodulatory properties, alkyl-phosphocholine compounds modulate cell membrane permeability, phospholipid metabolism, and intracellular growth signal transduction pathways and induce cytotoxic macrophages, cell differentiation, and apoptosis. (NCI Thesaurus)
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