Definition of glucosides Glucosides

/gluˈkʌsajˌdz/ - [glukusaydz] -

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What does glucosides mean?

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Noun Plural: glucosides
glucoside - a glycoside derived from glucose
		glycoside a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
		amygdalin a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds

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glucoside (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.