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Glycosides

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cardioactive(medicine) Affecting the heart
cyanogeneticGiving rise to cyanide
cyanogenicAlternative form of cyanogenetic. [Giving rise to cyanide]
flavonolnoun(organic chemistry) Any of several flavonoids that have a 3-hydroxyflavone backbone.
glucosidesnoun(biochemistry) A glycoside that yields glucose after hydrolysis.
glycosylnoun(biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
glycosylatedverb(biochemistry) Describing a glycoside (but especially a glycoprotein) that has the sugar entity intact
glycosylationnoun(organic chemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
glucosidenoun(biochemistry) A glycoside that yields glucose after hydrolysis.
polysaccharidesnoun(biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
glycoproteinsnoun(biochemistry) A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates.
glyceridenoun(organic chemistry) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.
glycolipidsnoun(biochemistry) An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes
glycyrrhizinnoun(organic chemistry) A crystalline glycosidic acid, the main sweet-tasting compound from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, thirty to fifty times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar).
polysaccharidenoun(biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.
glycannoun(cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
glycosaminoglycansnoun(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of amino sugars; they are the carbohydrate units of proteoglycans.
glycansnoun(cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
oligosaccharidesnoun(biochemistry) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.
saccharidesnoun(biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CₙH₂ₙOₙ. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.

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