Preferred Name

Sphingolipids [Chemical/Ingredient]
Synonyms

Sphingolipids

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000168599

altLabel

Sphingolipids

cui

C0037900

MESH DEFINITION

A class of membrane lipids that have a polar head and two nonpolar tails. They are composed of one molecule of the long-chain amino alcohol sphingosine (4-sphingenine) or one of its derivatives, one molecule of a long-chain acid, a polar head alcohol and sometimes phosphoric acid in diester linkage at the polar head group. (Lehninger et al, Principles of Biochemistry, 2nd ed)

MESH DUI

D013107

MeSH name

Sphingolipids

MESH UI

M0020299

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000168599

NUI

N0000168599

prefLabel

Sphingolipids [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T109

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000007818

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