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The chemical tied up in a glyco-side. The chemical expressed usually through enzymatic reaction of a glycosidase on a glycoside. The glycoside amygdalin has amygdalase breakdown products of glucose, cyanide, and benzaldehyde. See Enzymes, Bitter, Amygdalin.

Aglycone

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An aglycone is the non-sugar compound remaining after replacement of the glycosyl group from a glycoside by a hydrogen atom. The spelling aglycon is sometimes encountered .^[1]

Classes of phytochemicals found in the aglycone and glycosides forms :

Polyphenols

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^ http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/2carb/33.html

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology 2nd Edition (1997) 1995, 67, 1312

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