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