Associations to the word «Glycoside»

Wiktionary

GLYCOSIDE, noun. (organic chemistry) (biochemistry) A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.

Dictionary definition

GLYCOSIDE, noun. A group of compounds derived from monosaccharides.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca