(under subclass 23) Subject matter wherein the saccharide is a thioacetal derivative of a cyclic form of sugars in which the hydrogen atom of the hemithioacetal sulfhydryl group has been replaced by an alkyl, aralkyl or aryl group.
(1) Note. A S-glycoside is a compound having a sugar moiety connected to an aglycone moiety via sulfur.
(2) Note. An aglycone is a noncarbohydrate material, e.g., benzene, indoxyl, alkyl, anthracene, etc.
(3) Note. The cyclic sugars referred to in the definition are normally pyranoses or furanoses.
(4) Note. Glycosides derived from aldoeses are referred to as aldosides, and those ketoses are ketosides.
