Glycoazodyes
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Glycoazodyes are a family of "naturalised" synthetic dye
Dye
A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution, and requires a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber....

s, so called because they are the conjugation of common commercial azo dyes with a sugar through a "linker". This principal is summarised in the scheme below.

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