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Keywords: sphingolipid, ceramide, galactose, monosaccharide, glucose

a sphingolipid (ceramide) with a monosaccharide such as glucose or galactose as polar head group

Keywords: glycosphingolipids, membranes, nerve, important, muscle

Cerebrosides are glycosphingolipids which are important components in animal muscle and nerve cell membranes.