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Abstract
Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a glucose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramides. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-glucosidase, is the cause of Gaucher's disease.
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- Glucocerebroside
- Glucocerebrosides
- Glucosyl Ceramide
- Glucosyl Ceramides
- Glucosylceramide
- Ceramide, Glucosyl
- Ceramides, Glucosyl
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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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91(79); was see under CEREBROSIDES 1979-90
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- Ceramides (1972-1978)
- Cerebrosides (1966-1978)
- Glycosphingolipids (1975-1978)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Glucosylceramides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005963. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005963
- Glucosylceramides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35662896