出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/05/08 15:11 UTC 版)
From French lécithine, coined in 1847 by Theodore Gobley, from Ancient Greek λέκιθος (lékithos, “egg yolk”).
lecithin (countable and uncountable, plural lecithins)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/14 16:36 UTC 版)
Lecithin is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, and in egg yolk, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, fatty acids, glycerol, glycolipids, triglycerides, and phospholipids (e.g., phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylinositol).