ceramide 100.040 100.09590 C4H6NO2R3 CHEBI:12487 CHEBI:13954 CHEBI:17761 CHEBI:23074 CHEBI:7242 Cer Ceramide Ceramides (N-acyl-sphingoid bases) are a major subclass of sphingoid base derivatives with an amide-linked fatty acid. The fatty acids are typically saturated or monounsaturated with chain lengths from 14 to 26 carbon atoms; the presence of a hydroxyl group on carbon 2 is fairly common. Ceramides are generally precursors of more complex sphingolipids. In the illustrated generalised structure, R(1) = OH, OX (where X = acyl, glycosyl, phosphate, phosphonate, etc.), or H. KEGG:C00195 LIPID_MAPS_class:LMSP02 N-acylated sphingoid O[C@H]([*])[C@H](C[*])NC([*])=O PMID:7542630 Wikipedia:Ceramide a ceramide ceramides chebi_ontology sphingolipid carboxamide