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Sphingolipids

Lipids containing the amino alcohol sphingosine as a backbone.

Membrane lipids with a sphingosine backbone, an amide-linked fatty acid (forming ceramide), and a variable head group. Include sphingomyelin, cerebrosides, and gangliosides.

How one textbook covers it

  • Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 8th ed. (Gropper) — Glossary

    Membrane lipids with a sphingosine backbone, an amide-linked fatty acid (forming ceramide), and a variable head group. Include sphingomyelin, cerebrosides, and gangliosides.

Related terms

Ceramide, Cerebrosides, Gangliosides, Sphingomyelin