glucosidal
glucosidal adjective: pertaining to or containing glucosides.
Adjective
glucosidal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to or containing glucosides.
- The determination of the glucosidal or non-glucosidal nature of a tannin is sometimes a matter of considerable difficulty, because, on the one hand, it is not always easily separated from any glucose with which it may be contaminated, and, on the other hand, many tannins readily decompose, yielding...1884, Georg Dragendorff, Plant Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative, page 154
- This action is doubtless due to a splitting up and oxidation of the glucosidal constituents and seems to in some way be aided by the action of the ferment of the kola.1894, American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record - Volume 25, page 358
Origin of glucosidal
From glucoside + -al.
Words formed from glucosidal
Questions about glucosidal
- What does glucosidal mean?
- Glucosidal means pertaining to or containing glucosides.
- What part of speech is glucosidal?
- Glucosidal is an adjective.
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