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GLYCOSIDE [18 records]

Record 1 2025-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Biochemistry
CONT

cyanogenic: [Said of] compounds able to produce cyanide; examples are the cyanogenic glycosides such as amygdalin in peach and apricot stones.

CONT

Cyanogenic glycosides are present in a number of food plants and seeds. Hydrogen cyanide is released from the cyanogenic glycosides when fresh plant material is macerated as in chewing, which allows enzymes and cyanogenic glycosides to come together, releasing hydrogen cyanide.

OBS

glycoside : Any of a class of compounds, many of which are present in plants, which on hydrolysis give a sugar and one or more other compounds, one of which is usu. an alcohol or a phenol.

OBS

glucoside : One of a class of vegetable substances which being treated with dilute acids or alkalis, or subjected to the action of ferments, are resolved into a sugar and some other substance. Now usually restricted to mean a glycoside which on hydrolysis gives glucose.

Key term(s)
  • cyanogen glucoside

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Glycoside qui libère du cyanure d'hydrogène.

CONT

cyanogène; cyanogénique : [Se dit d'un] composé capable de produire du cyanure; par exemple, les glycosides cyanogènes, telle que l'amygdaline des noyaux de pêche et d'abricot.

CONT

Les racines de manioc (Manihot esculenta) contiennent en effet des quantités plus ou moins importantes, selon les variétés, de glycosides cyanogénétiques - linamarine et lautostraline -, qui sont des substances toxiques puisqu'elles libèrent de l'acide cyanhydrique.

CONT

La linamarine est un glucoside cyanogénétique qui est transformé en acide cyanhydrique toxique ou acide prussique lorsqu'il entre en contact avec la linamarase, une enzyme qui est libérée quand les cellules des racines de manioc se rompent.

Key term(s)
  • glucoside cyanogène

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Producción vegetal
  • Bioquímica
CONT

Se encuentran glicósidos cianogenéticos en alimentos como yuca (ya se identificó el glicósido cianogenético responsable, la linamarina), maíz, brotes de bambú, papas dulces y ciertas variedades de leguminosas [...]

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Record 2 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A cabbage-size onion of the family Liliaceae that may weigh up to 13 pounds with a stalk that can grow to nearly 5 feet high ... It grows wild in sandy coastal areas fringing the Mediterranean, in South Africa and on the coast of the Canary Islands ... Although sea onions are grown in cultivation, most of the world’s supply of derivative chemical comes from the wild plants. The chemical may differ, depending on the color of the bulb’s outer layers. Although one name for the species as a whole is red squill, two varieties exist: white and red. Both kinds contain the medical drugs for which the bulbs are sought, but the red variety, which is largely collected in Algeria and Cyprus, also contains a highly poisonous substance, scillirocide. Therefore, only white squill is commonly used as a medicinal source.

OBS

The dried bulb contains the cardiac glycoside scillirocide, which has the same pharmacological properties as other digitalis-like glycosides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante [de la famille des Liliacées à très gros bulbe] à feuilles radicales, à fleurs blanches, bleues, lilas ou roses, des régions tempérées de l'Ancien Monde. Elle est douée de propriétés diurétiques et cardio-toniques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Determination of serum concentration of a digitalis glycoside is most useful in patients who are suspected of digitalis toxicity but unable to provide an accurate account of digitalis dosage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Glucoside extrait de diverses plantes du genre Digitalis et possédant des propriétés cardiotoniques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Crop Protection
  • Agricultural Chemicals
Universal entry(ies)
C32H44O12
correct, formula, see observation
DEF

Glycoside from red squill, the red variety of [a species of plant called] Urginea maritima...

CONT

Scilliroside ... Rodenticide ... Effective for the control of Norwegian or brown rat.

OBS

Chemical formula: C32H44O12

OBS

Trade names for products containing scilliroside include Silmine, Silmurin, Red Squill, Rodine, Topzol Rat Baits and Killing Syrup, Rat-o-Cide, and Rodene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C32H44O12
correct, formula, see observation
DEF

Hétéroside extrait de la variété rouge d'[une espèce de plante dénommée ]Urginea maritima.

OBS

Formule chimique : C32H44O12

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
31828-71-4
CAS number
C11H17NO
formula, see observation
CONT

Mexiletine has been shown to be effective in the suppression of induced ventricular arrhythmias, including those induced by glycoside toxicity and coronary artery ligation. Mexiletine, like lidocaine, inhibits the inward sodium current, thus reducing the rate of rise of the action potential, Phase 0.

OBS

Active ingredient commonly sold under the name Mexitil.

OBS

Chemical formula: C11H17NO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
31828-71-4
CAS number
C11H17NO
formula, see observation
OBS

Principe actif couramment commercialisé sous le nom de Mexitil.

OBS

Formule chimique : C11H17NO

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
31828-71-4
CAS number
C11H17NO
formula, see observation
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Record 6 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A glycoside that yields glucose on hydrolysis.

OBS

The term "glucoside" was formerly used to designate "glycosides"(see also that record), but now it refers to any glycoside having glucose as its sugar constituent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
DEF

Oside contenant au moins une molécule de glucose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Bioquímica
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Record 7 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
DEF

One of a group of organic compounds, of abundant occurrence in plants which can be resolved by hydrolysis into sugars and other organic substances known as aglycones.

OBS

glycoside : This term is considered by some authors a synonym for "heteroside", defined as a "glycoside which, on hydrolysis, yields a noncarbohydrate as well as a glycose. "By comparison, a "glycoside" is an acetal derivative of sugar which on hydrolysis(as by the action of enzymes or dilute acids) yields one or more molecules of a sugar and OFTEN a noncarbohydrate.

OBS

Specifically glycosides are acetals which are derived from a combination of various hydroxy compounds with various sugars. They are designated individually as glucosides, mannosides, galactosides, etc. Glycosides were formerly called "glucosides", but the latter term now refers to any glycoside having glucose as its sugar constituent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
DEF

Nom générique des glucides formés par la combinaison d'un ose ou d'un holoside avec un composé d'origine différente (aglycone).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Bioquímica
DEF

Compuesto orgánico del que forman parte uno o más glúcidos y un aglucón, es decir, una sustancia de naturaleza no glucídica.

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Record 8 2011-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
C27H30O14
formula, see observation
DEF

Anthraquinone glycoside from bark of Rhamnus frangula L., Rhamnaceae(alder buckthorn), [consisting] of two isomers, glucofrangulin A and glucofrangulin B, which differ by the linkage to the sugar moiety at the 3 position of the aglycone.

OBS

Chemical formula: C27H30O14

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C27H30O14
formula, see observation
DEF

Combinaison équimoléculaire de glucose et de franguline, purgatif [...]

OBS

Formule chimique : C27H30O14.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Medicamentos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C27H30O14
formula, see observation
OBS

Fórmula química: C27H30O14

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Record 9 2011-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Chemistry
  • Pharmacology
Universal entry(ies)
C21H20O11
formula, see observation
DEF

A bitter pale yellow crystalline glycoside... obtained esp. from quercitron bark and yielding quercetrin and rhamnose on hydrolysis.

CONT

Quercitrin [is] used as a textile dye.

OBS

Quercitrin is known commercially as "red flavin".

OBS

Chemical formula : C21H20O11

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Chimie
  • Pharmacologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C21H20O11
formula, see observation
CONT

La quercitrine, glucoside constitué de la quercétine et du rhamnose [...] est une substance jaune cristalline très répandue dans le règne végétal. Elle a été isolée pour la première fois de Quercus tinctoria dont elle a pris le nom.

OBS

Formule chimique : C21H20O11

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tinturas y pigmentos (Industrias)
  • Química
  • Farmacología
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C21H20O11
formula, see observation
OBS

Fórmula química: C21H20O11

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Record 10 2010-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
20830-75-5
CAS number
C41H64O14
formula, see observation
DEF

A cardiac glycoside obtained from the leaves of Digitalis lanata, containing 3 molecules of digitoxose linked to digoxigenin, and having the same actions and uses as digitalis.

OBS

digitalis: The dried leaf of Digitalis purpurea, the purple foxglove, used to treat congestive heart failure, most supraventricular tachycardias, and cardiogenic shock.

OBS

Active ingredient commonly sold under the name Lanoxin.

OBS

Chemical formula: C41H64O14

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
20830-75-5
CAS number
C41H64O14
formula, see observation
CONT

digoxine. Substance cristalline extraite de Digitalis lanata, cardiotonique par voie orale.

OBS

Principe actif couramment commercialisé sous le nom de Lanoxin.

OBS

Formule chimique : C41H64O14

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
20830-75-5
CAS number
C41H64O14
formula, see observation
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Record 11 2010-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
82476-56-0
CAS number
C41H64O13
formula, see observation
DEF

A cardiotoxic glycoside obtained from various species of the digitalis plant and used as a heart stimulant, administered orally or parenterally.

OBS

Chemical formula: C41H64O13

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
82476-56-0
CAS number
C41H64O13
formula, see observation
DEF

Glucoside extrait de feuilles de digitale pourprée, à propriétés cardiotoniques puissantes.

OBS

Formule chimique : C41H64O13

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
82476-56-0
CAS number
C41H64O13
formula, see observation
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Record 12 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
DEF

A constituent of a drug, usually an alkaloid or glycoside, on which the characteristic therapeutic action of the substance largely depends.

OBS

Some authors differentiate "active substance" and "active principle" from "active ingredient", the first two referring to compounds at the beginning of the drug cycle production and the latter being obtained at the end of this cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques
DEF

Substance chimique ou biologique responsable de l'effet pharmacologique d'un produit médicamenteux.

OBS

Certains auteurs différencient «principe actif» et «substance active» dans le sens que le «principe actif» et la «substance active» deviendront un «ingrédient actif» à la fin du cycle de production du médicament.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Fabricación de productos farmacéuticos
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Record 13 2008-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

The glycoside of this herb [huang qin], baicalin, is a potent anti-inflammatory and antitumor agent. It inhibits tumor cell growth and suppresses carcinoma cell proliferation by inducing apoptosis and arresting it at the G0/G1 phase.

OBS

Baicalin inhhibits HIV-1 infection and replication by inhibiting HIV-1 RT.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

[...] la baicaline (un flavonoïde utilisé par la médecine traditionnelle chinoise pour traiter l'allergie et l'inflammation) a été donnée par voie orale à des cochons d'Inde. Après le traitement par le flavonoïde, l'asthme a été chimiquement induit. Chez les animaux pré-traités avec le flavonoïde, les symptômes étaient beaucoup plus atténués que chez ceux qui ne l'avaient pas été.

Spanish

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Record 14 2006-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • The Heart
DEF

A cardioactive glycoside consisting of rhamnose and ouabagenin, obtained from the seeds of Strophanthus gratus and other plants of the Apocynaceae...

CONT

Ouabain, a cardiac glycoside similar to digitoxin, is used to treat congestive heart failure and supraventricular arrhythmias due to reentry mechanisms, and to control ventricular rate in the treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cœur

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Biochemistry
DEF

a yellow crystalline flavonol glycoside... that is found in rue leaves, tobacco leaves, buckwheat, flower buds of the Japanese Pagoda tree, and other plants, that yields quercetin and rutinose on hydrolysis...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Flavonal présentant une activité vitaminique P comme de nombreux composés voisins (flavonoïdes). La rutine est particulièrement abondante dans les "rutacées" (agrumes).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Bioquímica
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Record 16 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Any of the intensely colored, sap-soluble glycoside plant pigments responsible for most scarlet, purple, mauve, and blue coloring in higher plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Nom donné à divers pigments, rouges, mauves, violets ou bleus, colorant de nombreuses feuilles ou fleurs.

OBS

On en trouve dans les feuilles de chou rouge, de vigne vierge, les pétales de rose, de pétunia, de mauve, d'hortensia, dans certains fruits : raisins, oranges sanguines, fraises. Solubles dans l'eau, ces pigments sont localisés dans les vacuoles des cellules. Il virent du rouge au bleu suivant que le suc vacuolaire est acide ou basique. Ce sont des hétérosides des anthocyanidines.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Pigmento glucosídico que se halla disuelto en la savia, y que da color rojo o azul a los pétalos, hojas o frutos.

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Record 17 2001-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

a yellow glycoside... of crocetin occurring in species of crocus(as saffron) and gardenia that is active in inducing sexual change in certain algae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Hétéroside constituant le principe colorant du safran.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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Record 18 1999-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
  • Pharmacy
OBS

glycyrrhizin. A glycoside of the triterpene group.... The ammoniated derivative, which is 50 times as sweet as sucrose, is used as a foaming agent..., as a sweetener in chocolate, cocoa..., and as a taste-masking agent in pharmaceuticals....

Key term(s)
  • ammoniated glycyrrhizin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Pharmacie
DEF

Sel d'ammonium, odorant et sucré, de l'acide glycyrrhizique, employé en alimentation (édulcorant) et en pharmacie (excipient).

OBS

«Acide glycyrrhizique» a pour synonyme «glycyrrhizine».

OBS

Acide glycyrrhizique, glycoside de formule C42H62O16, constituant insipide et inodore de la racine de réglisse (Glycyrrhiza glabra) et d'autres légumineuses (particulièrement le jequirity), dont le sel d'ammonium est sucré et odorant [...]

OBS

Équivalents français formés sur le modèle de «monoglutamate de sodium» (= «glutamate monosodique»).

Spanish

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