ceramide

ceramide
A type of fat produced in the body. It may cause some types of cells to die and is being studied in cancer treatment.

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  • Ceramide — Céramide Les céramides sont une famille de lipides. Ils sont issus de la réaction d amidification de la sphingosine et d un acide gras. Ils peuvent conduire à la synthèse de sphingolipides par une réaction d addition sur la fonction alcool… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • céramide — ● céramide nom masculin Molécule organique, formée par la combinaison d un acide gras à chaîne longue et d un alcool aminé, constituant principal de certains lipides complexes des membranes cellulaires ainsi que de la myéline du système nerveux.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ceramide — General chemical structure of sphingolipids. When the substituent (R) in this structure is H, the resulting molecule is a ceramide …   Wikipedia

  • Ceramide — Allgemeine Struktur der Ceramide. Der Rest R steht für die Kohlenwasserstoffkette einer Fettsäure. Als Ceramide bezeichnet man eine zu den Lipiden zählende Untergruppe der Sphingolipide. Sie bestehen aus einem Sphingosinmolekül, das durch eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ceramide — ceramidas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Sfingozino ir riebalų rūgšties amidas. atitikmenys: angl. ceramide rus. церамид …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • Ceramide kinase — Identifiers EC number 2.7.1.138 CAS number 123175 68 8 …   Wikipedia

  • Ceramide glucosyltransferase — (or glucosylceramide synthase) is a glucosyltransferase enzyme involved in the production of glucosylceramide. It is classified under EC 2.4.1.80. It is inhibited by miglustat. See also Glucosylceramide External links MeSH… …   Wikipedia

  • Ceramide cholinephosphotransferase — Identifiers EC number 2.7.8.3 CAS number 9026 14 6 …   Wikipedia

  • ceramide trihexoside — any of a specific family of glycosphingolipids of composition galactose galactose glucose ceramide; due to deficiency of α galactosidase A activity, they accumulate abnormally in plasma and tissues in Fabry disease …   Medical dictionary

  • ceramide cholinephosphotransferase — cer·a·mide cho·line·phos·pho·trans·fer·ase (serґə mīd ko″lēn fos″fo transґfər ās) [EC 2.7.8.3] an enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphorylated choline group from CDPcholine… …   Medical dictionary

  • ceramide — noun Etymology: cerebroside + amide Date: 1958 any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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