glucoside

American  

[gloo-kuh-sahyd] / ˈglu kəˌsaɪd /

noun

1. 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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glucoside British  

/ ˈɡluːkəʊˌsaɪd /

noun

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

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glucoside Scientific  

/ glo̅o̅′kə-sīd′ /

1. A glycoside in which the sugar component is glucose.

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Other Word Forms

• glucosidal
  adjective
• glucosidic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of glucoside

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

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Example Sentences

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glucoside

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

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

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

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

From Nature

The enzyme maltase decomposes it into glucose and mandelic nitrile glucoside; the latter is broken down by emulsin into glucose, benzaldehyde and prussic acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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