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Carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry : structure and mechanism /

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Carbohydrates play important roles in biological systems as energy sources, as structural materials, and as informational structures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sinnott, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge : RSC Publishing, [2007]
Subjects:
Carbohydrates.
Biochemistry.
Biological Science Disciplines.
Chemistry.
Natural Science Disciplines.
Organic chemistry.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Organic.
Science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Structures of the open-chain forms of reducing sugars, and their carbonyl group reactions
  • Conformations of monosaccharides
  • Nucleophilic substitution at the anomeric centre
  • Primary structure and conformation of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides
  • Enzyme-catalysed glycosyl transfer
  • Heterolytic chemistry other than nucleophilic attack at the anomeric or carbonyl centre
  • One-electron chemistry of carbohydrates.