Glucoside

Definition:

  • (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.

Compare glucoside with other words:

convolvulin vs. glucoside

chrysophane vs. glucoside

glucoside vs. indiglucin

glucoside vs. helicin

glucoside vs. urechitin

glucoside vs. helleborin

glucoside vs. murrayin

glucoside vs. violaquercitrin

glucoside vs. vernonin

glucoside vs. urechitoxin

glucoside vs. vincetoxin

glucoside vs. lupinin

glucoside vs. quinovin

glucoside vs. sarsaparillin

coniferin vs. glucoside

glucoside vs. phlorizin

emulsin vs. glucoside

glucoside vs. jalapin

glucoside vs. indican

glucoside vs. salicin

glucose vs. glucoside

datiscin vs. glucoside