The term ‘lecithin’ can have different meanings depending on the context, but for our purposes, it refers to a mixture of phospholipids and oil. Phospholipids are a component of the cell membrane in all plants and animals, but lecithin is most often derived from sunflower kernels, rapeseed ...
Other examples of transcriptomic approaches to the study of anthropic compounds include microarray-based studies of Tributyltin, a chemical biocide used in marine antifouling paints that, in addition to causing shell abnormalities, also affects biomineralization pathways in the oyster Pinctada maxima (...