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glucoside

American

[gloo-kuh-sahyd] / ˈglu kəˌsaɪd /

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.

glucoside British

/ ˌɡluːkəʊˈsɪdɪk, ˈɡluːkəʊˌsaɪd /

noun

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

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glucoside Scientific

/ glo̅o̅′kə-sīd′ /

A glycoside in which the sugar component is glucose.

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Etymology

Origin of glucoside

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

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For this module, the authors engineered their strain to express an enzyme called PLA UDP-glucosyltransferase, which is found in the deadly nightshade plant Atropa belladonna and catalyses the production of PLA glucoside.

From Nature ● Sep. 1, 2020

The tropine produced in module II and the PLA glucoside from module III are imported into the vacuole.

From Nature ● Sep. 1, 2020

In module V, tropine and PLA glucoside are transported into the vacuole and together converted to littorine.

From Nature ● Sep. 1, 2020

The plant turned out to contain cyanogenic glucoside, a precursor to cyanide.

From Nature

W. Young isolated a glucoside, migarrhin, similar to saponin, but possessing the additional property of dilating the pupil.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

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