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. 2015 May 5;120(2):104–112. doi: 10.3109/03009734.2015.1027429

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

Structure of a galactocerebroside (today usually called galactosphingolipid). In sulfatides the R at carbon 3 in galactose is a sulfate group. A glycosphingolipid containing sialic acid in the carbohydrate unit of the cerebroside is named ganglioside.