Glycoscience Chemistry and Chemical Biology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fraser-Reid, Bertram O. (Editor), Tatsuta, Kuniaki (Editor), Thiem, Joachim (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Biotechnology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Organic chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Biochemistry, general.; Molecular Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Food Science.

Glycostructures play a pivotal and crucial role in a myriad of organisms and important systems in biology, physiology, medicine, bioengineering and technology. Within recent years tools have been developed to promote the understanding of their highly complex functions and the associated chemistry an...

Table of Contents:

• General Principles
• General Synthetic Methods
• Chemical Glycosylation Reactions
• Monosaccharides
• Oligosaccharides
• Complex Polysaccharides
• Glycolipids
• Glycoproteins
• Glycomimetics
• Key Technologies and Tools for Functional Glycobiology
• Biosynthesis and Degradation
• Glycomedicine.