Title: saccharolipids
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - saccharolipids
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09857
Status: current

Definition
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.

Example
lipid X (diacylaminosugar), Kdo2LipidA (acylaminosugar glycan).

Related Terms
- glycerolipids: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09838
- glycerophospholipids: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09839

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1181 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)

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Citation: Citation: 'saccharolipids' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09857
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