Galactosylceramides
Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a galactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-galactosidase, is the cause of galactosylceramide lipidosis or globoid cell leukodystrophy.
Year introduced: 1991(1979)
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Tree Number(s): D02.065.313.250.450, D09.400.410.420.525.200.250.450, D10.390.470.675.200.250.450, D10.570.877.360.612.200.250.450
MeSH Unique ID: D005699
Entry Terms:
- Galactosylceramide
- Galactosyl Ceramide
- Ceramide, Galactosyl
- Galactocerebrosides
- Galactosyl Ceramides
- Ceramides, Galactosyl
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