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  • noun Plural form of glycoside.

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Examples

  • Zemplen was a carbohydrate chemist, much interested in glycosides.

    George A. Olah - Autobiography 1995

  • When our ancestors first used foxglove to treat heart failure, they didn’t know that this fuchsia-flowered plant contained molecules called glycosides that stimulate heart cells.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • When our ancestors first used foxglove to treat heart failure, they didn’t know that this fuchsia-flowered plant contained molecules called glycosides that stimulate heart cells.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • When our ancestors first used foxglove to treat heart failure, they didn’t know that this fuchsia-flowered plant contained molecules called glycosides that stimulate heart cells.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • When our ancestors first used foxglove to treat heart failure, they didn’t know that this fuchsia-flowered plant contained molecules called glycosides that stimulate heart cells.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • The most dangerous plants contain one of these three chemicals — solanine, grayanotoxins, and cardiac glycosides.

    Poisonous Plants 2010

  • Poisoning with cardiac glycosides often occurs when these plants are incorrectly used as a tea.

    Poisonous Plants 2010

  • All parts are toxic, containing nerioside, oleandroside, saponins, and cardiac glycosides, but especially the leaves and woody stems.

    The Great Tropical Plant Experiment of 2008 « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2008

  • Though almost all research on lignans has centered on flaxseed lignans, there are concerns regarding the content of cyanogenic glycosides in flaxseeds and the potential for oxidation of ground flaxseed powder and flaxseed oil.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • And to compound that, insects usually reject the seeds, because they contain toxic flavonol glycosides—in other words, they taste awful.

    FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010

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