The molecule is a sphingomyelin 34:1 obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of octadecanoic acid with the amino group of hexadecasphingosine-1-phosphocholine. It has a role as a Papio hamadryas metabolite. It derives from a hexadecasphing-4-enine and an octadecanoic acid.
[(E,2S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-(octadecanoylamino)hexadec-4-enyl] 2-(trimethylazaniumyl)ethyl phosphate