Sphingolipids and glycerolipids. I. Chemical structures and ionophoretic activities of soya-cerebrosides I and II from soybean.

Two glycosphingolipids named soya-cerebrosides I and II were isolated from soybean, the seeds of Glycine max Merrill (Leguminosae), and their chemical structures have been elucidated on the basis of physicochemical evidence and several chemical degradation reactions. By using a newly constructed liquid membrane-type apparatus (W-08) for measurement of ion-transport and ion-binding activities and by employing a method using human erythrocyte membranes for measurement of ion-permeability, it has been found that soya-cerebroside II exhibits ionophoretic activity for Ca2+ ion.