Title: glycoconjugate
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - glycoconjugate
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.G02651
Status: current

Definition
A type of compound consisting of carbohydrate units covalently linked with other types of chemical constituent.

Related Term
- constituent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01281

Sources
- PAC, 1988, 60, 1389. 'Nomenclature of glycoproteins, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans (Recommendations 1985)' on page 1390 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198860091389)
- White Book, 2nd ed., p. 84 (https://iupac.qmul.ac.uk/bibliog/white.html)

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Citation: Citation: 'glycoconjugate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.G02651
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