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.

Synonyms: 0 Galactosyl Ceramide Galactosylceramides Ceramide, Galactosyl Galactocerebrosides Galactosylceramide Ceramides, Galactosyl Galactosyl Ceramides

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91(79); was see under CEREBROSIDES 1979-90

91; was see under CEREBROSIDES 1979-90

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D005699

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