6-Hydroxy-4-sphingenine in human epidermal ceramides.

The solvent-extractable lipids of human epidermal stratum corneum consist predominantly of ceramides. In addition two non-extractable ceramides are chemically bound to the stratum corneum protein. One of the bound ceramides, constituting 50% of the bound lipids, was previously shown to consist of ve...

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Main Authors: K J Robson, M E Stewart, S Michelsen, N D Lazo, D T Downing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1994-11-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520399521