Biochemistry of Shellfish Lipids

VIII. Ocurrence of Ceramide Mono- and Dihexoside in Corbicula, corbicula sandai

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The isolation and characterization of glycolipids (already reported as Fr. 1 (1)) from the tissues of corbicula, Corbicula sandai, are described. Each glycolipid was purified by column chromatography on Florisil, cleaved by methanolic HCl and the components were determined mainly by gas chromatography.
Ceramide monohexosides consisted of glucosyl-ceramide (77%) and galactosyl-ceramide (23%). The ceramide dihexoside was different from any glycolipids of higher animals in its mannose content in place of galactose. The tentative structure was proposed to be mannosylglucosyl-ceramide.