Sambubiose is a

disaccharide A disaccharide (also called a double sugar or ''biose'') is the sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage. Like monosaccharides, disaccharides are simple sugars soluble in water. Three common examples are sucrose, ...

. It is the β-D- xylosyl-(1→2)-β-D-

glucose Glucose is a sugar with the Chemical formula#Molecular formula, molecular formula , which is often abbreviated as Glc. It is overall the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates. It is mainly made by plants and most algae d ...

. Sambubiose is a component of some

glycoside In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to another functional group via a glycosidic bond. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of inactive glycosides. ...

pigments. The fruits of '' Viburnum dentatum'' appear blue. One of the major pigments is cyanidin 3-sambubioside, but the total mixture is very complex. Sambubiosides with anthocyanidins can also be found in ''

Matthiola incana ''Matthiola incana'' is a species of flowering plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. Common names include Brompton stock, common stock, hoary stock, ten-week stock, and gilly-flower. The common name stock usually refers to this species, thou ...

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Metabocard for sambubiose
Human Metabolome Database Disaccharides {{Carbohydrate-stub