I guess I should clarify something that pops up every now and then in the articles on plant bioflavonoids; the terms glucoside and glycoside.
The term glucoside is to refer to a bioflavonoid being bound to glucose, in which the glucose molecule acts as a transport.
The term glycoside refers to any sugar. It can be lactose, fructose, glucose, whatever. Its a more generic term.
(And yes, glucosides are a subcategory of glycosides)
Decyl glucoside, sometimes called alkyl polyglucoside, is a cloudy liquid derived from palm kernel oils, corn sugars or coconut. I It is a type of alkyl glucoside, which is formed by mixing alcohols and sugar or glucose. 2,3 What Does Decyl glucoside Do in Our products? Decyl glucoside is. Noun any of an extensive group of compounds that yield glucose and some other substance or substances when treated with a dilute acid or decomposed by a ferment or enzyme. AG 6210, Alkyl glucoside, Alkylglucosides, AG 6210 is a non-ionic surfactant, alkyl glucoside, based on a blend of short chain fatty alcohols and glucose. Glucosides containing from 1–50 alkoxy groups can be used as fat substitutes at substitution ranges of 10–100% in low-calorie salad oils, plastic shortenings, cake and icing mixes, mayonnaise, salad dressings, and margarines (Procter & Gamble) (90). From: Deep Frying (Second Edition), 2007.
For a compound like Quercetin, that is just the bioflavonoid. However, something like Quercetin-3-O-glucoside is the same quercetin molecule but only bound to glucose.
The muscle building compound Cyanidin-3-Glucoside itself is a glucoside. The bioflavonoid is simply called Cyanidin.
This is important to note since food borne bioflavonoids are usually glucosides or glycosides. Supplements can be these, but could also be the isolated bioflavonoid.
In vitro studies need to be matched up with pharmacodynamic data. Its useless to known something like 'Quercetin increases mitochondrial density' if the compound that exists in your cells is not quercetin, but quercetin-3-O-glucoside or quercetin-glucuronide (a P450 conjugation). The bioflavonoid bound to a transport may not have the same properties as the bioflavonoid itself, although this is highly dependent on which one we are talking about. Crack cinema 4d for mac.
Food for thought.
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(glo͞o′kə-sīd′)n.glucoside
(ˈɡluːkəʊˌsaɪd) nglu•co•side
(ˈglu kəˌsaɪd)n.
Noun | 1. | glucoside - a glycoside derived from glucose glycoside - a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides amygdalin - a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds saponin - any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers |
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