Psychosine Explained

Psychosine is a highly cytotoxic lipid that accumulates in the nervous system in the absence of galactosylceramidase.[1]

Chemically, it is a galactoside of sphingosine.

References

  1. 3826678 . Psychosine, the cytotoxic sphingolipid that accumulates in globoid cell leukodystrophy, alters membrane architecture . . 54 . 12 . 3303–3311 . 2013 . Hawkins-Salsbury . J. A. . Parameswar . A. R. . Jiang . X . Schlesinger . P. H. . Bongarzone . E . Ory . D. S. . Demchenko . A. V. . Sands . M. S. . 10.1194/jlr.M039610 . free . 24006512.

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