C16 Ceramide (d16:1/16:0)

C16 Ceramide (d16:1/16:0) is a bioactive sphingolipid that induces ordered- and gel-phase formation and thermal stabilization of palmitoylsphingomyelin-rich domains in palmitoylphosphocholine (POPC) bilayers.¹ It has been found as a component of sphingomyelins in human erythrocytes.²

C16 Ceramide (d16:1,C16:0) is a bioactive sphingolipid that induces ordered- and gel-phase formation and thermal stabilization of palmitoylsphingomyelin-rich domains in palmitoylphosphocholine (POPC) bilayers. C16 Ceramide (d16:1,C16:0) is found in sphingomyelins in human erythrocytes[1][2].

1. Maula, T., Artetxe, I., Grandell, P.M., et al. Importance of the sphingoid base length for the membrane properties of ceramides Biophys. J. 103(9),1870-1879(2012).
2. Myher, J.J., Kuksis, A., and Pind, S. Molecular species of glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelins of human erythrocytes: Improved method of analysis Lipids 24(5),396-407(1989).