dehydrosphinganine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dehydro- +‎ sphinganine

Noun[edit]

dehydrosphinganine (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrosphinganines)

  1. (organic chemistry) An oxidised form of sphinganine; 3-dehydrosphinganine is an intermediate if sphingolipid metabolism