Biochemistry 4th Edition by Reginald Garrett, Charles Grisham

Exercise 2

Distinguishing structures of glycerolipids and sphingolipids
Describe in your own words the structural features of
a. a ceramide, and how it differs from a cerebroside.
b. a phosphatidylethanolamine, and how it differs from a phosphatidylcholine.
c. an ether glycerophospholipid, and how it differs from a plasmalogen.
d. a ganglioside, and how it differs from a cerebroside.
e. testosterone, and how it differs from estradiol.