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galactosylsphingosine

galactosylsphingosine noun: the galactosyl derivative of sphingosine (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(E,2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-enoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol.

Noun

galactosylsphingosine

  1. The galactosyl derivative of sphingosine (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(E,2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-enoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol

Questions about galactosylsphingosine

What does galactosylsphingosine mean?
Galactosylsphingosine means the galactosyl derivative of sphingosine (2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[(E,2S,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxyoctadec-4-enoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol.
What part of speech is galactosylsphingosine?
Galactosylsphingosine is a noun.

Words near galactosylsphingosine in the dictionary

  1. galactosylglycerol
  2. galactosylic
  3. galactosyls
  4. galactosylsphingolipid
  5. galactosylsphingolipids
  6. galactosylsphingosine
  7. galactosyltranferase
  8. galactosyltransferase
  9. galactosyltransferases
  10. galactotetraose
  11. galactotetraoses

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