Salicin, a<unk>  related to aspirin Chemical structure of oleandrin, a cardiac<unk>  In chemistry, a<unk>  is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a<unk> c bond.<unk> s play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of inactive<unk> s. These can be activated by enzyme hydrolysis, which causes the sugar part to be broken off, making the chemical available for use. Many such plant<unk> s are used as medications. Several species of Heliconius butterfly are capable of incorporating these plant compounds as a form of chemical defense against predators. In animals and humans, poisons are often bound to sugar molecules as part of their elimination from the body. In formal terms, a<unk>  is any molecule in which a sugar group is bonded through its anomeric carbon to another group via a<unk> c bond.<unk> s can be linked by an O- (an O-glycoside), N- (a glycosylamine), S-(a thioglycoside), or C- (a C-glycoside)<unk> c bond. According to the IUPAC, the name "C-glycoside" is a misnomer; the preferred term is "C-glycosyl compound". The given definition is the one used by IUPAC, which recommends the Haworth projection to correctly assign stereochemical configurations. Many authors require in addition that the sugar be bonded to a non-sugar for the molecule to qualify as a<unk> , thus excluding polysaccharides. The sugar group is then known as the glycone and the non-sugar group as the aglycone or genin part of the<unk> . The glycone can consist of a single sugar group (monosaccharide), two sugar groups (disaccharide), or several sugar groups (oligosaccharide). The first<unk>  ever identified was amygdalin, by the French chemists Pierre Robiquet and Antoine Boutron-Charlard, in 1830.
Glycoside
Iminosugar
Titratable acid
Protein 
Protelean
Azo compound
Nitrate
Saturated fat