Biologically Active Substance
amino sugar
a·mi·no sug·ar
Subclass of:
Carbohydrates
Definitions related to amino sugars:
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(aminosugar) Sugars containing an amino group in place of a hydroxyl group.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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SUGARS containing an amino group. GLYCOSYLATION of other compounds with these amino sugars results in AMINOGLYCOSIDES.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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