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MeSH Heading: Galactosylceramides
Tree Number(s): D02.065.313.250.450; D09.400.410.420.525.200.250.450; D10.390.470.675.200.250.450; D10.570.877.360.612.200.250.450
Unique ID: D005699
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005699
Scope Note: Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a galactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-galactosidase, is the cause of galactosylceramide lipidosis or globoid cell leukodystrophy.
Entry Term(s): Galactocerebrosides; Galactosyl Ceramide; Galactosyl Ceramides; Galactosylceramide
Previous Indexing: Ceramides (1972-1978); Cerebrosides (1966-1978); Glycosphingolipids (1975-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CEREBROSIDES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under CEREBROSIDES 1979-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/16
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0008947
Scope Note: Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a galactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-galactosidase, is the cause of galactosylceramide lipidosis or globoid cell leukodystrophy.
Terms: Galactosylceramides Preferred Term
Term UI T017224
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); Galactosylceramide
Term UI T000998232
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Galactosyl Ceramide
Term UI T000998233
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Galactocerebrosides
Term UI T017223
Date05/16/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Galactosyl Ceramides
Term UI T017225
Date05/16/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Galactosylceramides MeSH Descriptor Data 2025