what is the products of complete hydrolysis of a cerebroside?
Cerebrosides are mainly glycosphingolipids. They are mainly found in muscular and nervous tissues of the body.
Hydrolysis of a cerebroside yields a molecule of ceramide and a sugar moeity. The sugar can either be glucose or galactose. On further hydrolysis, the ceramide degrades completely leading to the formation of fatty acid chain and sphingosine molecule.
Therefore, complete hydrolysis of cerebrosides give a monosaccharide ( glucose or galactose), fatty acid and sphingosine.
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