glucose (glokos)

[ IMG:content-2426.jpg:[graphic] left. cose. According to M. Buignet's investigations, the cause of the change of the primarily formed cane sugar into fructose is not the acids of the fruits, but appears to depend on the influence of a nitrogenous body playing the part of a glucosic ferment. R. Bentley , Manual of Botany, p. 788. glucoside (glöʻkō-sid or -sid), n. [ glucose + -ide1 .] One of a cla of compounds widely distributed in the vegetable world, which, treated with acids, alkalis, or certain ferments, are resolved into a sugar, an acid, and sometimes another organic principle. Tannic acid, for example, is a glucoside resolvable into glucose and gallic acid. The glucosides may be regarded as compound ethers. glucosuria (glö-kō-sū'ri-ä), n. [NL., diabetes.