(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.

plural of glycoside

Of or pertaining to a glycoside.

In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside

The formation of a glycoside; glycosylation.

plural of glycosidation

Alternative form of glycosidic

plural of glycosid

Archaic form of glycoside.

(biochemistry) Any bond by reaction of the hemiacetal part of a saccharide and the hydroxyl group of another saccharide or an alcohol