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Abstract
Glycosphingolipids which contain as their polar head group a lactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in lactosylceramide beta-galactosidase, is the cause of lactosylceramidosis.
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- Lactosyl Ceramides
- Ceramides, Lactosyl
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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/biosyn /physiol permitted
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History Note
91(79); was see under GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS 1979-90
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- Ceramides (1972-1978)
- Cerebrosides (1966-1978)
- Glycosphingolipids (1975-1978)
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- National Library of Medicine. Lactosylceramides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007790. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007790
- Lactosylceramides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactosylceramide
- Lactosylceramides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3215908