Chronic alcohol intake and some monogalactosyl glycolipids of the rat brain

The effect on monogalactosyl glycolipid complement (cerebrosides with hydroxy and non-hydroxy fatty acids, sulphatides and monogalactosyldiglyceride) after 38 weeks of feeding 25% sucrose-32% ethyl alcohol have been studied. Chronic alcohol intake produced a statistically significant increase of cerebrosides with hydroxy and non-hydroxy fatty acids and monogalactosyldiglycerides as well as decrease of sulphatides in male Wistar rats brain.