cerebroside
/suh-ree-bruh-sahyd, ser-uh-/US // səˈri brəˌsaɪd, ˈsɛr ə- //UK // (ˈsɛrɪbrəʊˌsaɪd) //
脑啡肽,脑苷脂,脑苷酸,脑苷
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Biochemistry.
- : any of a class of glycolipids, found in brain tissue and the medullary sheaths of nerves, that, upon hydrolysis, yield sphingosine, galactose or certain other sugars, and a fatty acid.
Examples
However, cerebin, a cerebroside peculiar to the thinking structure of the brain, is opaque to them.
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