noun

• A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.

  ‘This enzyme is able to hydrolyse galactosides, such as galactinol.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Trade-offs in catalytic efficiency at the lac permease of Escherichia coli produce alleles with different substrate specializations that are selectively favored on different galactosides.’
  • ‘Detected levels of galactose and galactosides were very low, and no marked changes were observed with stress.’
  • ‘Their red coloration is primarily due to the flavonoid cyanidin - 3 - galactoside located in the vacuoles of skin cells.’
  • ‘In contrast, galactosides are considered as probiotics and are in fact added to specific products with therapeutic purposes.’