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Related terms:
glycolipid
sphingolipid
galactolipids
glycosylphosphatidylinositol
Pharmacologic Substance
glycosphingolipid
Subclass of:
Sphingolipids; Glycolipids
Definitions related to glycosphingolipids:
  • Spingolipid in which the head group is a mono or oligosaccharide unit.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Lipids containing at least one monosaccharide residue and either a sphingoid or a ceramide (CERAMIDES). They are subdivided into NEUTRAL GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS comprising monoglycosyl- and oligoglycosylsphingoids and monoglycosyl- and oligoglycosylceramides; and ACIDIC GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS which comprises sialosylglycosylsphingolipids (GANGLIOSIDES); SULFOGLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS (formerly known as sulfatides), glycuronoglycosphingolipids, and phospho- and phosphonoglycosphingolipids. (From IUPAC's webpage)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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