Biologically Active Substance
glycolipid
gly·co·lip·id [ glahy-kuh-lip-id ]
Subclass of:
Glycoconjugates; Lipids
Definitions related to glycolipids:
  • Compound containing one or more monosaccharide residues bound by a glycosidic linkage to a hydrophobic moiety such as an acylglycerol, a sphingoid, a ceramide, or a prenyl phosphate.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Any compound containing one or more monosaccharide residues bound by a glycosidic linkage to a hydrophobic moiety such as an acylglycerol, a sphingoid, a ceramide (CERAMIDES) (N-acylsphingoid) or a prenyl phosphate. (From IUPAC's webpage)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Glycolipid, any member of a group of fat-soluble substances particularly abundant in tissues of the nervous system of animals. They are members of the class of sphingolipids, but differ from the simpler members of that class in that their molecules contain a monosaccharide or disaccharide...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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