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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Glycosides?

Also known as: glycoside · glycosidic bond · reducing sugar

Definition 30.13 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 30 — Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Sugars, Lipids and Nucleotides

A glycoside is the acetal formed when the anomeric OH\ce{OH} of a sugar is replaced by an OR\ce{OR} group from an alcohol, often another sugar; the bond from the anomeric carbon to that oxygen is the glycosidic bond. A reducing sugar is one that reduces mild oxidants such as Fehling’s solution or Tollens’ reagent.

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