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Lecithin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As phosphatidyl choline

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Ball-and-stick molecular model of lecithin, showing a complex structure with white, red, purple, and gray spheres representing different atoms against a blue gradient background.
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Ernst Felix Hoppe-Seyler
German physician