Preferred Name

Sphingolipid

Synonyms
Definitions

Any lipid derived from the aliphatic amino alcohol sphingosine, in which a single fatty acid is covalently bound to sphingosine via an amide linkage. Various ester-linked substituents can result in generation of ceramides, sphingomyelins and glycosphingolipids.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C68425

ALT_DEFINITION

A class of dietary lipids containing a long-chained sphingosine group (unsaturated amino alcohol with formula C18H37NO2), fatty acids bound to the NH2 group as an amide, and either sugars or phosphoric acid and alcohols bound to the primary hydroxy group .

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:26739

code

C68425

Contributing_Source

CRCH

CTRP

definition

Any lipid derived from the aliphatic amino alcohol sphingosine, in which a single fatty acid is covalently bound to sphingosine via an amide linkage. Various ester-linked substituents can result in generation of ceramides, sphingomyelins and glycosphingolipids.

Display_Name

Sphingolipid

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C116977

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C142799

label

Sphingolipid

Legacy Concept Name

Sphingolipid

Preferred_Name

Sphingolipid

prefixIRI

NCIT:C68425

prefLabel

Sphingolipid

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

UMLS_CUI

C0037900

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2317

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