glycoside
A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.
A kind of
- organic compound
Kinds of glycoside
- phenolic glycoside
Related words
- acanthaglycoside
- senna glycoside
- aminoglycoside
- astragaloside
- azidoglycoside
- condurangoglycoside
- endoglycosidase
- flavoglycoside
- glycosidal
- glycosidic
- glycosylglycoside
- heptadecaglycoside
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This definition is adapted from “glycoside” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.