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PANGBORN1 considered that the glycerylglycero-phosphate skeleton of cardiolipin contained three phosphoric acid and four glycerol residues (I), the six available hydroxyl groups in this structure being esterified with unsaturated fatty acids in the intact phospholipid. 
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MACFARLANE, M. Structure of Cardiolipin. Nature 182, 946 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182946a0
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