| Sphingolipids are composed of a backbone of sphingosine which is derived itself from glycerol. |
| Previous studies of this phenomenon have focused mainly on systems combining cholesterol with PC and sphingolipids. |
| Milk is composed of more than 12 different types of fat, including sphingolipids, free sterols, cholesterol, and oleic acid. |
| Moreover, the formation of lipid rafts is thought to be favored by hydrogen bonding among the oligosaccharides in sphingolipids. |
| In biological membranes, sphingolipids are essentially localized on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. |
| It is interesting to note that the interaction of another hemolytic protein, the earthworm hemolysin eiseniapore, with lipid membranes has been shown to require sphingolipids. |
