A phospholipid compound found in the brain and nerve tissue, important for proper function of the nervous system.
From Greek 'kephalē' (head) + '-in' (suffix forming nouns for chemical compounds). The name reflects that this substance was first identified as a key component of brain tissue.
Cephalin is one of the building blocks of your brain's cell membranes, and naming it after 'head' makes perfect sense—it's literally what makes your thinking organ think!
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