Glucocerebrosides are formed by the tethering of glucose to a ceramide by glucosylceramide synthase. They are present in neuronal and non-neuronal mammalian tissues and are found at low quantities in a large number of plant species. Glucocerebrosides are precursors in the synthesis of lactosylceramides and gangliosides. Increased levels of glucocerebrosides are associated with obesity-induced insulin resistance in mice and with neuronal deficits observed in neuronopathic Gaucher disease. This product is a mixture of glucocerebrosides, with variable ceramide chain lengths, isolated from a spleen of a human with Gaucher's disease.

85305-87-9

C48H93NO8 (for lignoceryl)

812.3

Glucocerebrosides (Gaucher's spleen)

Chloroform:Methanol (2:1):Soluble
Powder: -20°C for 3 years
In solvent: -80°C for 2 years