🎴 Flashcard Mode
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Fundamentals
Card1 / 6
Mastered0
Review0
QuestionClick to flip
Which of the following lipids is a 18-carbon amino alcohol?
AnswerClick to flip back
A
Sphingosine
💡 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.