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Abstract
Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids. They are the basic units of SPHINGOLIPIDS. They are sphingoids attached via their amino groups to a long chain fatty acyl group. They abnormally accumulate in FABRY DISEASE.
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- Ceramide
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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carbohydrate ceramides: index under CEREBROSIDES (one carbohydrate group) or NEUTRAL GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS (more than one carbohydrate group)
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- Amino Alcohols (1966-1971)
- Fatty Acids (1966-1971)
- Glycols (1966-1971)
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- National Library of Medicine. Ceramides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002518. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002518
- Ceramides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramide
- Ceramides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424213