"Ceramides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids. They are the basic units of SPHINGOLIPIDS. They are sphingoids attached via their amino groups to a long chain fatty acyl group. They abnormally accumulate in FABRY DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D002518
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.313 D09.400.410.420.525.200 D10.390.470.675.200 D10.570.877.360.612.200
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