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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Carbohydrates [D09] » Glycoconjugates » Glycolipids » Glycosphingolipids » Neutral Glycosphingolipids » Ceramides » Cerebrosides » Galactosylceramides
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Organic Chemicals [D02] » Amides » Ceramides » Cerebrosides » Galactosylceramides
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Lipids [D10] » Glycolipids » Glycosphingolipids » Neutral Glycosphingolipids » Ceramides » Cerebrosides » Galactosylceramides
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Lipids [D10] » Membrane Lipids » Sphingolipids » Glycosphingolipids » Neutral Glycosphingolipids » Ceramides » Cerebrosides » Galactosylceramides
Description
Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a galactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-galactosidase, is the cause of galactosylceramide lipidosis or globoid cell leukodystrophy. MeSH
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