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Glycosidic bonds are covalent linkages between the anomeric carbon of a monosaccharide and either the oxygen atom of an alcohol molecule (O-glycosidic bond) or the nitrogen atom of an amine (N-glycosidic bond)[1]. These bonds can form modified carbohydrates.


  1. Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer(2007) Biochemistry, seventh edition, W.H. Freeman and company. Newyork