Sphingosine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A basic, long-chain, unsaturated amino alcohol, C18H37NO2, found combined with lipids in the brain and in nerve tissue.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An unsaturated aliphatic amino alcohol associated with the lipids of brain tissue
  • Word Usage
    "Gilenya (fingolimod), licensed from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, is the first in a new class of drugs that modulates sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptors[1],[2]."
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