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Lipids > Glycolipids
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycolipids

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Glycolipids  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Glycolipid

Scope note

  • Any compound containing one or more monosaccharide residues bound by a glycosidic linkage to a hydrophobic moiety such as an acylglycerol (see GLYCERIDES), a sphingoid, a ceramide (CERAMIDES) (N-acylsphingoid) or a prenyl phosphate. (From IUPAC's webpage)

History note

  • 66(63); was see under LIPIDS 1963-65

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006017

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