glycoside

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Noun

glycoside (plural glycosides)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) 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.

Related terms

• glucoside
• glycosidase
• glycosidation
• glycosidic
• glycosidically
• transglycosidase

Translations

• French: glycoside
• Portuguese: glicosídeo
• Spanish: glucósido

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