Glycolipids: Occurrence, Significance, and Properties

Abstract

This chapter focusesGlycolipidson the occurrence and the physicochemical properties of glycolipids inNature. Owing to space limitations, the presented overview must be incomplete, and, thus, mainly publications of the past 15 years areincluded. However, all review articles cited herein inform the interested reader about earlier work. Although lipopolysaccharides (LPS), lipoarabinomannan(LAM), lipomannan, lipoglycans, and lipoteichoic acids are not understood as glycolipids per definition, their occurrence and properties are alsodescribed in this chapter. GPI-anchored lipids is a main topic of Chap. 7.4.