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Abstract
A class of membrane lipids that have a polar head and two nonpolar tails. They are composed of one molecule of the long-chain amino alcohol sphingosine (4-sphingenine) or one of its derivatives, one molecule of a long-chain acid, a polar head alcohol and sometimes phosphoric acid in diester linkage at the polar head group. (Lehninger et al, Principles of Biochemistry, 2nd ed)
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2 entry terms
- Sphingolipid
- Lysosphingolipids
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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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72(71); was see under LIPIDS 1963-71
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- Lipids (1966-1970)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sphingolipids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013107. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013107
- Sphingolipids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingolipid
- Sphingolipids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q410395