a chemical compound formed from a glycoside when a hydrogen atom replaces a glycosyl group
Examples of 'aglycon' in a sentence
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The process of germination allowed for increases in bioactive phenolic compounds and isoflavone aglycon.
Fabiola A. Guzmán-Ortiz, Eduardo San Martín-Martínez, María E. Valverde, Yolanda Rodríguez-Aza,José De J Berríos, Rosalva Mora-Escobedo 2017, 'Profile analysis and correlation across phenolic compounds, isoflavones and antioxidantcapacity during germination of soybeans (Glycine max L.)', CyTA - Journal of Foodhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19476337.2017.1302995. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The aglycon forms of the anthocyanins were revealed by acid hydrolysis.
Vera Lúcia Arroxelas Galvão de Lima, Irapuan Oliveira Pinheiro, Márcia Silva do Nascimento,Patrícia Bezerra Gomes, Nonete Barbosa Guerra 2006, 'Identificação de antocianidinas em acerolas do Banco Ativo de Germoplasma da UniversidadeFederal Rural de Pernambuco Anthocyanidins identification of acerola fruits from ActiveGermoplasm Bank of the Rural Federal University of Pernambuco', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612006000400033. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report here the total synthesis of 11-epi-lyngbouilloside aglycon.
Amandine Kolleth, Julian Gebauer, Abdellatif El Marrouni, Raphael Lebeuf, Celine Prevost,Eric Brohan, Stellios Arseniyadis, Stellios Arseniyadis, Janine Cossy 2016, 'Total synthesis of putative 11-epi-lyngbouilloside aglycon', Frontiers in Chemistryhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fchem.2016.00034/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On the other hand, genipin, an aglycon of geniposide, exhibits diverse pharmacological functions such as antitumor and anti-inflammatory effects.
Fengrong Jiang, Rilei Jiang, Xiaojia Zhu, Xu Zhang, Zhan Zhan 2013, 'Genipin Inhibits TNF-α-Induced Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Migrationvia Induction of HO-1', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0074826. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)