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GLYCOSIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glycoside" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glycoside"):
glucoside (a glycoside derived from glucose)
nucleoside (a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid)
strophanthin (a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison)
Context examples:
The skin extract of the muscadine grape contains numerous phytochemicals including hydrolyzable tannins and flavonoids, such as anthocyanin 3,5-diglucosides, quercetin, myricetin, and kaempferol glycosides.
(Muscadine Grape Skin Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
A quassinoid glycoside phytochemical isolated from the plant Picrasma ailanthoides with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Picrasinoside H, NCI Thesaurus)
The root contains steroidal saponins and glycosides such as chamaelirin, helonin and diosgenin, and the fatty acids oleic, linoleic, and stearic acid.
(Chamaelirium luteum Root, NCI Thesaurus)
A metabolite of icariin, a principal flavonoid glycoside in Herba Epimedii (a traditional Chinese medicine herb used in treating osteoporosis) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(ERa36 Modulator Icaritin, NCI Thesaurus)
The herb contains the alkaloids stachydrine and leonurinine, glycosides, diterpinoids, flavonoids, tannins, volatile oils, and vitamin A.
(Motherwort, NCI Thesaurus)
A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) containing a water soluble Bufo toad skin extract that includes the cardiac glycosides bufalin, cinobufagin and resibufogenin with potential antineoplastic and antiangiogenic activities.
(HuaChanSu, NCI Thesaurus)
A lipid soluble cardiac glycoside that inhibits the plasma membrane sodium potassium ATPase, leading to increased intracellular sodium and calcium levels and decreased intracellular potassium levels.
(Digitoxin, NCI Thesaurus)
Phellodendron amurense bark extract contains certain isoquinoline alkaloids, flavone glycosides and phenolic compounds.
(Phellodendron amurense Bark Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
A bufadienolide toxin originally isolated from the venom of the Chinese toad Bufo gargarizans; it is also one of the glycosides in the traditional Chinese medicine ChanSu, with potential cardiotonic activity.
(Bufogenin, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of cardiac glycoside.
(Digitalis, NCI Dictionary)
