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Sphingosine
Sphingosine
(2-amino-4-octadecene-1,3-diol) is an 18-carbon
amino alcohol
with an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, which forms a primary part of
sphingolipids
, a class of
cell membrane
lipids
that include
sphingomyelin
, an important
phospholipid
.
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