glycosyl glyceride

glycosyl glyceride

[glī‚kōs·əl ′glis·ə‚rīd]

(biochemistry)

A class of glycolipids structurally analogous to phospholipids; they are the major glycolipids of plants and microorganisms but are rare in animals.

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