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Which of the following lipids is a 18-carbon amino alcohol?

  1. Sphingosine

  2. Cerebrosides

  3. Ceramides

  4. Sphingomyelin
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Explanation

Sphingosine is an 18-carbon amino alcohol with an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, which forms a primary part of sphingolipids, a class of cell membrane lipids that include sphingomyelin, an important phospholipid.

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