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Glucosides are a group of organic substances in which an alcohol or phenol (R-OH) is bound to glucose via a glycosidic bond. Glucosides can therefore be regarded as a subgroup of glycosides.
Glucosides split off glucose during hydrolysis. Examples of glucosides are amygdalin and sucrose.
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