Table 3.
Sphingosine composition of zeamide (1).
| Sphingosine | |
| (2 S,3R,4E)-2-amino-4-tetracosene-1,3-diol (C24 d-erythro-sphingosine, d24:1) | 3.5% |
| (2 S,3R,4E)-2-amino-4-pentacosene-1,3-diol (C25 d-erythro-sphingosine, d25:1) | 2.7% |
| (2 S,3R,4E)-2-amino-4-hexacosene-1,3-diol (C26 d-erythro-sphingosine, d26:1) | 62.1% |
| (2 S,3R,4E)-X-methyl-2-amino-4-hexacosene-1,3-diol (branched d27:1) | 3.4% |
| (2 S,3R,4E)-2-amino-4-heptacosene-1,3-diol (C27 d-erythro-sphingosine, d27:1) | 4.5% |
| (2 S,3R,4E)-2-amino-4-octacosene-1,3-diol (C28 d-erythro-sphingosine, d28:1) | 5.2% |
| Total unsaturated sphingosines | 81.4% |
| (2 S,3R)-2-amino-1,3-tetracosenediol (C24 d-erythro-dihydrosphingosine, d24:0) | 1.8% |
| (2 S,3R)-X-methyl-2-amino-1,3-tetracosenediol (branched d25:0) | 1.1% |
| (2 S,3R)-2-amino-1,3-pentacosenediol (C25 d-erythro-dihydrosphingosine, d25:0) | 1.3% |
| (2 S,3R)-2-amino-1,3-hexacosenediol (C26 d-erythro-dihydrosphingosine, d26:0) | 11.4% |
| (2 S,3R)-2-amino-1,3-heptacosenediol (C27 d-erythro-dihydrosphingosine, d27:0) | 1.8% |
| (2 S,3R)-2-amino-1,3-octacosenediol (C28 d-erythro-dihydrosphingosine, d28:0) | 1.2% |
| Total saturated sphingosines | 18.6% |