saccharolipids

initialism: SL
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09857

Biomolecules where fatty acids are directly bound to a saccharide backbone, thus forming structures similar to glycerolipids or glycerophospholipids, with saccharide substituting for the glycerol.

Examples: lipid X (diacylaminosugar), Kdo2LipidA (acylaminosugar glycan).
Source:
PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. (Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)) on page 1181 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'saccharolipids' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09857 RIS BibTex EndNote
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