a mixture of phosphatides and oil obtained by drying the separate gums from the degumming of soybean oil; consists of the phosphatides (lecithin), cephalin, other fatlike phosphorus-containing compoun, a significant constituent of nerve tissue and brain substance ... Commercially isolated from eggs, soybeans, corn, and egg yolk and used as an antioxidant in prepared breakfast cereal, candy, sweet ch, munarebus, inimese ja loomade rakumahlades ja paljude letsitiin - taimede seemnetes esinev fosforirikas rasvataoline aine