N-acylsphingosine

The parent compounds of the ceramide family, composed of sphingosine having an unspecified fatty acyl group attached to the nitrogen.

ChEBI ID: 52639

Members (5)

Member	Definition	Role
2,3-n-octanoylsphingosine	An N-acylsphingosine in which the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as octanoyl.	N-octanoylsphingosine
n-(7-(4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole))-6-aminocaproyl sphingosine	An N-acylsphingosine that is sphingosine with the amino nitrogen converted into a 6-{[N-(7-nitrobenzo-2,1,3-oxadiazol-4-yl)amino]}hexananamido group.	N-{6-[(7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl)amino]hexanoyl}sphingosine
n-acetylsphingosine	A N-acylsphingosine that has an acetamido group at position 2.	N-acetylsphingosine
n-caproylsphingosine	An N-acylsphingosine consisting of sphing-4-enine bearing a hexanoyl group on nitrogen.	N-(hexanoyl)sphing-4-enine
n-palmitoylsphingosine	A N-acylsphingosine in which the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as hexadecanoyl (palmitoyl).	N-hexadecanoylsphingosine