Carbohydrate Chemistry, Biology and Medical Applications - Hardcover

Garg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080548164 ISBN 13: 9780080548166

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2008

Synopsis

Assists physicians, glycobiologists, pharmaceutical scientists, and graduate students in understanding the complex nature of carbohydrates. This book includes chapters, which offer a panoramic review of the chemistry, biochemistry and medical applications of carbohydrates.

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Review:

An accessible overview of carbohydrate chemistry for health professionals and chemists

Synopsis:

The finding by Emil Fischer that glucose and fructose on treatment with phenylhydrazine gave the identical osazone led him to the elucidation of stereochemistry of carbohydrates. Since then, progress in the field of carbohydrates has been amazing with the unraveling their basic structure, biosynthesis, immunology, functions, and clinical uses, for pure carbohydrates and for protein-linked carbohydrates (glycoproteins and proteoglycans). The chapters in this book present a logical sequence leading from the chemistry and biochemistry of carbohydrates, followed by their role in various pathological conditions, to carbohydrates as potential therapeutic and diagnostic agents. This book offers a detailed panoramic review of the chemistry and biology of carbohydrates for chemists, biologists and health professionals. Each chapter is authored by contributors expert in the particular area of research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0080548164
• ISBN 13: 9780080548166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 409