Table 1 of Cobb, Mol Vis 2002; 8:85-93.


Table 1. Lens Cortical Fiber Cell Membrane Phospholipid Composition

The phospholipid distribution from a clear 35 year old human les is listed below [20]. The missing 2.6% is composed of uncharacterized phospholipids.

                                            mole% of
                 Lipid                    Phospholipids
---------------------------------------   -------------
Dihydrosphingomyelin                          43.7
Phosphatidylethanolamine                      21.6
   Lysophosphatidylethanolamine
   Phosphatidylethanolamine plasmalogen
Phosphatidylglycerol                          11.7
   Lysophosphatidylglycerol
Sphingomyelin                                  9.7
Phosphatidylcholine                            5.4
   Lysophosphatidylcholine
   Phosphatidylcholine plasmalogen
Phosphatidic acid                              2.6
Phosphatidylserine                             1.9
Phosphatidylinositol                           0.8

Cobb, Mol Vis 2002; 8:85-93 <http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v8/a12/>
©2002 Molecular Vision <http://www.molvis.org/molvis/>
ISSN 1090-0535