THE LIPIDS OF EGG YOLK. 5. Presence of Ceramide

Abstract
SUMMARY —Ceramide (an N‐acyl sphingosine) was isolated from egg yolk lipid and examined for composition of fatty acids and long‐chain base constituents. Yolk ceramide was observed to contain sixteen fatty acids; C24:0 (35.7%), C22:0 (22.7%), C23:0 (15.1%) and C24:1 (13.5%) were predominant. The component long‐chain bases were identified as sphingosine and dihydrosphingosine, the former being the major component (88.6%).

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