. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 18.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer Lett. 2007 Jul 9;256(1):101–111. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.06.003

Table 2.

Ceramide levels in tumor and counterpart normal tissues (pmol/1mg protein)

Ceramide subspecie	Normal Tissue level ^*	Tumor level^*	P^**
Total Ceramide	275.43±229.94	391.61±311.06	< .01
C₁₄-ceramide	13.12±22.0	20.05±18.21	.07
C₁₆-ceramide	97.55±92.02	175.61±150.49	<.01
C₁₈-ceramide	25.42±18.22	14.08±15.85	<.01
C_18:1-ceramide	8.87±9.81	6.91±6.98	.04
C₂₀-ceramide	10.59±7.81	9.86±7.83	.63
C₂₄-ceramide	49.38±64.42	69.39±76.17	<.01
C_24:1-ceramide	71.44±70.57	97.24±94.19	.01

Mean + SD

^**

Paired T test