"Galactosylceramides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005699
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| MeSH 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
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| Concept/Terms |
Galactosylceramides- Galactosylceramides
- Galactosyl Ceramides
- Ceramides, Galactosyl
- Galactocerebrosides
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