Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Aucubin is an iridoid glycoside. Iridoids are commonly found in plants and function as defensive compounds. Irioids decrease the growth rates of many generalist herbivores.

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IUPAC name
(2S3R4S5S6R)-2-[-(1S4aR5S7aS-5-Hydroxy-7-(hydroxymethyl-14a57a-tetrahydrocyclopenta-[c]-pyran-1-yl]-oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)-oxane-345-triol

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