Preparative scale isolation of sphingosine.
A high-yield method is described for the preparation of sphingenine from galactosylceramide. Two successive cleavage reactions are used, alkaline butanol to form galactosylsphingosine, then acidic acetonitrile to form the sphingenine. A column purification procedure utilizing silica gel is described...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1990-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520421170 |