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Cerebrosides

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Cerebrosides are glycolipids of the glycosphingolipid subtype. They consist of the amino alcohol sphingosine in combination with a fatty acid and the sugars galactose or glucose.

They are widely found in the myelin sheath of nerve cells.


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