in order to determine whether female sex hormones could influence the glycosphingolipid composition of the rat kidney , male albino rats of the sherman strain were subcutaneously administered the synthetic estrogen , ethinylestradiol ( 5 mg/kg body wt . per day ) or vehicle for 5 days , and the ganglioside , ceramide and neutral glycosphingolipid compositions of the kidneys of these animals were analyzed and compared .
C0017978
glycosphingolipid
C0600570
neutral glycosphingolipid