glycoside meaning
- Noun: glycoside 'glIku`sId
- A group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
Derived forms: glycosides
Type of: organic compound
Encyclopedia: Glycoside
[Medicine]
n : any of numerous sugar derivatives that contain a nonsugar group attached through an oxygen or nitrogen bond and that on hydrolysis yield a sugar (as glucose) — gly·co·sid·ic adj — gly·co·sid·i·cal·ly adv
- cardiac glycoside: Noun: cardiac glyc ...
- digitalis glycoside: Noun: digitalis gl ...
- glycoside transferases: [Medicine]Enzymes ...
Examples
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- digitalis glycosides are potent inhibitors of a fundamental and vital ion transport process, common to most cells.
- steroidal glycosides from the stems of stephanotis mucronata
- studies on the phenol glycoside constituents of ligustrum sinense
- a novel diterpene glycoside from the soft coral lemnalia bournei
- blood lipid-regulation of stilbene glycoside from polygonum multiflorum
