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| Preferred Name | Sphingolipid | |
| Synonyms |
Sphingolipid |
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| 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. |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C68425 |
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| 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 .
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| CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:26739
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C68425
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CRCH CTRP
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| 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.
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| Display_Name |
Sphingolipid
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| FULL_SYN |
Sphingolipid
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| label |
Sphingolipid
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Sphingolipid
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| Preferred_Name |
Sphingolipid
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C68425
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| Semantic_Type |
Organic Chemical
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0037900
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