glucoside

[ gloo-kuh-sahyd ]

/ ˈglu kəˌsaɪd /

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noun

any of an extensive group of compounds that yield glucose and some other substance or substances when treated with a dilute acid or decomposed by a ferment or enzyme.

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Origin of glucoside

First recorded in 1865–70; glucos(e) + -ide

OTHER WORDS FROM glucoside

glu·co·sid·al, glu·co·sid·ic

[gloo-kuh-sid-ik], /ˌglu kəˈsɪd ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby glucoside

glucosamine, glucosamine sulphate, glucosan, glucose, glucose tolerance test, glucoside, glucosin, glucosinolate, glucosuria, glucuronic acid, glucuronide

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How to use glucoside in a sentence

He showed that the fustin-tannide could be decomposed by acetic acid into tannic acid and a glucoside, fustin C46H42O21.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Fisetin was also found as a glucoside compound in Rhus rhodanthema by Perkin.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Emulsine has the property of being able to hydrolyse the glucoside amygdalin to glucose, benzaldehyde, and hydrocyanic acid.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
Ford claims to have obtained proof that a glucoside contained in the poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides can act as an antigen.
The Organism as a Whole|Jacques Loeb

It may be mentioned incidentally that the colouring-matter of the indigo plant also exists as a glucoside in the plant.
Coal|Raphael Meldola

British Dictionary definitions for glucoside

glucoside

/ (ˈɡluːkəʊˌsaɪd) /

noun

biochem any of a large group of glycosides that yield glucose on hydrolysis

Derived forms of glucoside

glucosidal or glucosidic (ˌɡluːkəʊˈsɪdɪk), adjective

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Scientific definitions for glucoside

glucoside

[ glōō′kə-sīd′ ]

A glycoside in which the sugar component is glucose.