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Glucoside
Glucoside
n.
One
of a
large
series
of
amorphous
or
crystalline
substances
,
occurring
very
widely
distributed
in
plants
,
rarely
in
animals
,
and
regarded
as
influental
agents
in
the
formation
and
disposition
of
the
sugars
.
They
are
frequently
of a
bitter
taste
,
but
, by
the
action
of
ferments
, or of
dilute
acids
and
alkalies
,
always
break
down
into
some
characteristic
substance
(
acid
,
aldehyde
,
alcohol
,
phenole
, or
alkaloid
)
and
glucose
(or
some
other
sugar
);
hence
the
name
.
They
are
of
the
nature
of
complex
and
compound
ethers
,
and
ethereal
salts
of
the
sugar
carbohydrates
.
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