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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Lipidol. 2011 Apr;6(2):159–179. doi: 10.2217/clp.11.8

Figure 2. Myelin O-acetyl galactosylceramide series structures.

Figure 2

Galactosylceramide: R1 = H, R2 = H, R3-R6 = H.

FMC-1: R1 = H, R2 = Ac, R3-R6 = H; FMC-2: R1 = OH, R2 = Ac, R3-R6 = H; FMC-3: R1 = H, R2 = Ac, R3 = Ac, R4-R6 = H; FMC-4: R1 = OH, R2 = Ac, R3 = Ac, R4-R6 = H; FMC-5: R1 = H, R2-R6 = Ac; FMC-6: R1 = OH, R2-R6 = Ac; FMC-7: R1 = OAc, R2-R6 = Ac.

AC: Acetyl; FMC: Fast-migrating cerebroside.