kerasinn.
/ˈkɛrəsɪn/ Biochemistry.
A cerebroside, C48H93NO8, which gives lignoceric acid, d-galactose, and sphingosine on hydrolysis and is a white amorphous powder.
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1878 C. T. Kingzett Animal Chem. xv. 305 To the first of these Thudichum reserves the name of cerebrine, the second he terms phrenosine, and the third kerasine.
1884 J. L. W. Thudichum Treat. Chem. Constit. Brain iv. 178 Kerasin..is a cerebroside, namely a body which contains the sugar cerebrose, combined with at least two other radicles.
1933 A. T. Cameron & C. R. Gilmour Biochem. of Med. v. 78 In kerasin or cerasin it [sc. the fatty acid] is lignoceric acid, C24H48O2.
1951 Arch. Path. LI. 338 A lipoprotein fraction containing 62 per cent kerasin has been isolated from two spleens removed surgically from patients with Gaucher's disease.
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