Pharmacologists often join substances to glucuronic acid via glycosidic bonds in order to increase their water solubility; this is known as glucuronidation. Many other glycosides have important physiological functions.
phaRmaCOloGisTs OfteN JOin subStaNces tO gluCuroNic aciD viA GLYcosiDic bonds IN ordER TO INcREAsE Their wAtER solUbiLIty; THis IS knoWN As gLUCUroniDAtIon. manY Other GlYcosides havE iMporTanT phySIoLoGIcal fuNctIOnS.