Inositol

ATC Code A11HA07

Inositol

Definition

A natural sugar found in cell membrane phospholipids, plasma lipoproteins, and (as the phosphate form) in the nucleus with potential chemopreventive properties. As one of a number of intracellular phosphate compounds, inositol is involved in cell signaling and may stimulate tumor cell differentiation. (NCI04)

Also known as cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-Cyclohexanehexol, Cyclohexanehexol, INOSITOL, myo-Inositol, myoinositol — per NCIT

Also identified as