1. Glycolipids
2. Chemistry of Phosphatides and Cerebrosides
3. SUGGESTED RULES FOR THE NOMENCLATURE OF LIPIDS
4. The name “sphingosine,” proposed by Thudichum,5 is derived from the Greek verb sphingein, to bind or squeeze. This word is also etymologically related to the name of the mysterious, archaic statue called the Sphinx, the symbolic representation in Egyptian and Greek mythology of power and law, and, furthermore, of wisdom and omniscience.