different between ceramide vs dihydroceramide

English

Blend of cerebroside +? amide, or from Latin c?ra (“wax”) +? amide.

ceramide (plural ceramides)

(biochemistry) Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue

“ceramide”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

di- +? hydro- +? ceramide

dihydroceramide (countable and uncountable, plural dihydroceramides)

(biochemistry) The biochemical precursor of ceramide, into which it is converted by the enzyme dihydroceramide desaturase

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