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glucosylsphingosine

glucosylsphingosine noun: the cytotoxic glucosyl derivative of sphingosine (2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-4-octadecen-1-yl β-D-glucopyranoside.

Noun

glucosylsphingosine (countable and uncountable, plural glucosylsphingosines)

  1. The cytotoxic glucosyl derivative of sphingosine (2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-4-octadecen-1-yl β-D-glucopyranoside

Forms of glucosylsphingosine

pluralglucosylsphingosines

Origin of glucosylsphingosine

From glucosyl + sphingosine.

Questions about glucosylsphingosine

What does glucosylsphingosine mean?
Glucosylsphingosine means the cytotoxic glucosyl derivative of sphingosine (2S,3R,4E)-2-amino-3-hydroxy-4-octadecen-1-yl β-D-glucopyranoside.
What part of speech is glucosylsphingosine?
Glucosylsphingosine is a noun.
What is the plural of glucosylsphingosine?
The plural of glucosylsphingosine is glucosylsphingosines.

Words near glucosylsphingosine in the dictionary

  1. glucosylgalactose
  2. glucosylglycerate
  3. glucosylgofruside
  4. glucosylnerigoside
  5. glucosyls
  6. glucosylsphingosine
  7. glucosyltransferase
  8. glucosyltransferases
  9. glucotetraose
  10. glucotetraoses
  11. glucotetrasaccharide

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