zoonooside

Zoonooside is a term that has occasionally appeared in informal discussions and unverified lists as a putative natural product or glycoside. It does not correspond to a defined chemical entity in major chemical databases or in peer-reviewed literature. Consequently, its chemical identity, proposed structure, and properties are not established.

Nomenclature and structure. In general, the suffix -oside denotes a glycoside, a molecule in which a sugar moiety is bound to another functional group through a glycosidic linkage. A hypothetical zoonooside would therefore imply a sugar attached to a non-sugar aglycone, but no specific sugar or aglycone has been reported in credible sources.

Occurrence and isolation. There are no verified reports of isolation from plants, microbes, or animals. No biosynthetic pathway or natural source has been described.

Research status and significance. Because of the lack of data, no physicochemical properties, spectroscopic data, or biological activities are available, and there are no proposed uses or applications that are accepted in the scientific literature.

See also. Glycoside; natural products; chemical nomenclature.