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Glycosphingolipids MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


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
Registry Numbers
0
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
Glycosphingolipids Preferred
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