Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of organic compounds, occurring abundantly in plants, that yield a sugar and one or more nonsugar substances on hydrolysis.
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- noun organic chemistry, biochemistry A molecule in which a
sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the correspondingaglycone ) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoinghydrolysis .
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- noun a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
Etymologies
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Examples
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The plant stores the cyanide in an inactive form, typically as a cyanogenic glycoside, which is a sugar molecule with an attached cyanide group (carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen).
WUSTL Record: University News Diana Lutz 2010
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The plant stores the cyanide in an inactive form, typically as a cyanogenic glycoside, which is a sugar molecule with an attached cyanide group (carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The plant stores the cyanide in an inactive form, typically as a cyanogenic glycoside, which is a sugar molecule with an attached cyanide group (carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Plants that contain cardiac glycoside can cause changes in the rate or rhythm of your child's heart.
Poisonous Plants 2010
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But a tiny, naturally-occurring steviol glycoside constituent (about two to four percent of a whole leaf) of the plant, called rebaudioside A (also known as reb A, rebiana, stevia extract), was passed into Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) status by the FDA in 2008.
Pooja R. Mottl: Can Stevia Solve Our Obsession With Sweetness? 2010
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But a tiny, naturally-occurring steviol glycoside constituent (about two to four percent of a whole leaf) of the plant, called rebaudioside A (also known as reb A, rebiana, stevia extract), was passed into Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) status by the FDA in 2008.
Pooja R. Mottl: Can Stevia Solve Our Obsession With Sweetness? 2010
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Don't experiment with it though as the glycoside content causes vomiting even in moderate doses.
Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008
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Don't experiment with it though as the glycoside content causes vomiting even in moderate doses.
Verbena Jan 2008
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And it seems to have a glycoside called P-57, that does affect the brain's sense of appetite.
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It contains vitamins B1, B2, B12, C, and E and is a source of glycoside steroids, which in other plants are known to be responsible for their tonic properties generally and sexual energy—enhancing properties especially.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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