Term Name: | inositol phosphoceramide |
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Synonyms: | ceramide phosphoinositols, inositol phosphorylceramide, inositolphosphoceramide |
Definition: | A phosphosphingolipid in which an inositol residue and the ceramide moiety are linked via a phosphodiester bridge. The ceramide moiety contains substituents R(1) and R(2) which vary with different sphingoid bases and fatty acyl moieties. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:60245] ( EBI ) |