Look up: Cerebroside


  1. Cerebroside
    Cerebrosides is the common name for a group of glycosphingolipids called monoglycosylceramides which are important components in animal muscle and nerve cell membranes. They consist of a ceramide with a single sugar residue at the 1-hydroxyl moiety. The sugar residue can be either glucose or galact...
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  2. cerebroside
    Glycolipid found in brain (11% of dry matter). Sphingosine core with fatty amide or hydroxy fatty amide and a single monosaccharide on the alcohol group (either glucose or galactose).
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  3. cerebroside
    <biochemistry> Glycolipid found in brain (11% of dry matter). Sphingosine core with fatty amide or hydroxy fatty amide and a single monosaccharide on the alcohol group (either glucose or galactose). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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  4. cerebroside
    (sә-re´bro-sīd″) a general designation for sphingolipids in which sphingosine is combined with galactose or glucose; found chiefly in nervous tissue.
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  5. cerebroside
    (from the article `chemical compound`) As discussed above, a cerebroside is a sugar derivative of ceramide in which the carbohydrate is attached to the primary alcohol of the sphingoid ... In Gaucher`s disease, abnormal amounts of cerebrosides accumulate in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and lymph ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/47

  6. cerebroside
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ser′ĕ-brō-sīd′ Definitions: 1. A class of glycosphingolipid, specifically, a monoglycosylceramide (ceramide monosaccharide), the sugar being attached to the —CHOH— moiety of the sphingoid. Cerebrosides are found in the myelin sheath of nerve t...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=16313

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