Abstract

Glycosides represent a large group of secondary metabolic products derived from plants, demonstrating several known functions, including growth regulation, allelopathy (inhibition of other plant growth), and defense mechanisms against damage induced by herbivores and pathogens. They are composed of two bound portions, a sugar moiety, named glycone, and a second portion known as the aglycone or genin. The anthraquinone, cardiac, coumarin, cyanogenic, flavonoid, glucosinolates, phenol, and saponin glycosides are discussed in the text.

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