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MeSH Heading: Glycosphingolipids
Tree Number(s): D09.400.410.420; D10.390.470; D10.570.877.360
Unique ID: D006028
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006028
Scope Note: Lipids containing at least one monosaccharide residue and either a sphingoid or a ceramide (CERAMIDES). They are subdivided into NEUTRAL GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS comprising monoglycosyl- and oligoglycosylsphingoids and monoglycosyl- and oligoglycosylceramides; and ACIDIC GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS which comprises sialosylglycosylsphingolipids (GANGLIOSIDES); SULFOGLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS (formerly known as sulfatides), glycuronoglycosphingolipids, and phospho- and phosphonoglycosphingolipids. (From IUPAC's webpage)
Entry Term(s): Asialoganglioside; Asialogangliosides; Glycosphingolipid; Sphingoglycolipid; Sphingoglycolipids
Previous Indexing: Glycolipids (1966-1974); Sphingolipids (1972-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
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: M0009501
Scope Note: Lipids containing at least one monosaccharide residue and either a sphingoid or a ceramide (CERAMIDES). They are subdivided into NEUTRAL GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS comprising monoglycosyl- and oligoglycosylsphingoids and monoglycosyl- and oligoglycosylceramides; and ACIDIC GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS which comprises sialosylglycosylsphingolipids (GANGLIOSIDES); SULFOGLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS (formerly known as sulfatides), glycuronoglycosphingolipids, and phospho- and phosphonoglycosphingolipids. (From IUPAC's webpage)
Terms: Glycosphingolipids Preferred Term
Term UI T018334
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Sphingoglycolipid
Term UI T000998450
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Asialoganglioside
Term UI T000998452
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Asialogangliosides
Term UI T018333
Date05/16/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Sphingoglycolipids
Term UI T018335
Date03/17/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Glycosphingolipid
Term UI T000996541
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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