Choline is a water-soluble essential nutrient. It is usually grouped within the Vitamin B complex. Choline generally refers to the various quaternary ammonium salts containing the N,N,N-trimethylethanolammonium cation.
These naturally-occuring ammonium salts are found in the lipids that make up cell membranes and in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Adequate intakes (AI) for this micronutrient of between 425 to 550 milligrams daily, for adults,...
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Choline is a water-soluble essential nutrient. It is usually grouped within the Vitamin B complex. Choline generally refers to the various quaternary ammonium salts containing the N,N,N-trimethylethanolammonium cation.
These naturally-occuring ammonium salts are found in the lipids that make up cell membranes and in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Adequate intakes (AI) for this micronutrient of between 425 to 550 milligrams daily, for adults, have been established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Choline was discovered by Andreas Strecker in 1864 and chemically synthesized in 1866. In 1998 choline was classified as an essential nutrient by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (U.S.A.).
Choline is a quaternary saturated amine with the chemical formula (CH3)3NCH2CH2OHX, where X is a counterion such as chloride (see choline chloride), hydroxide or tartrate. Choline chloride, in mixture with urea...
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