Glycosides by aglycone type

{| | 300px |- style="text-align: center;" | 140px |- | Chemical structures of digoxin (top) and its aglycone digoxigenin (bottom) |} An aglycone (aglycon or genin) is the chemical compound remaining after the glycosyl group on a glycoside is replaced by a hydrogen atom. For example, the aglycone of a cardiac glycoside would be a steroid molecule.