aglycone
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{| | 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, aglycone is referenced by 213 other articles, and connects out to chemical compound, digital object identifier and steroid.
It sits within the topics Carbohydrate chemistry and Glycosides by aglycone type.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- chemical substance
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- Category:Glycoside aglycones
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- Glycoside aglycones
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- Detection
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{| | 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.
== Detection ==
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