Phenyl--galactopyranoside is a substituted
galactoside
A galactoside is a glycoside containing galactose. The H of the OH group on carbon-1 of galactose is replaced by an organic moiety.
Depending on whether the glycosidic bond lies "above" or "below" the plane of the galactose molecule, galactosides ...
.
See also
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Lac operon
References
Galactosides
Phenol ethers
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