Pharmacologic Substance
cerebrosides
ce·re·bro·sides
Subclass of:
Ceramides
Definitions related to cerebrosides:
  • Group of neutral glycosphingolipids that contain a monosaccharide, normally glucose or galactose, in 1-ortho-beta-glycosidic linkage with the primary alcohol of an N-acyl sphingoid (ceramide); in plants the monosaccharide is normally glucose and the sphingoid usually phytosphingosine; in animals, the monosaccharide is usually galactose, though this may vary with the tissue, and the sphingoid is usually sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Neutral glycosphingolipids that contain a monosaccharide, normally glucose or galactose, in 1-ortho-beta-glycosidic linkage with the primary alcohol of an N-acyl sphingoid (ceramide). In plants the monosaccharide is normally glucose and the sphingoid usually phytosphingosine. In animals, the monosaccharide is usually galactose, though this may vary with the tissue and the sphingoid is usually sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine. (From Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1st ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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