Carbohydrates

The Sweet Molecules of Life

Robert Stick

400 pages, parution le 11/01/2002

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Résumé

Carbohydrates: The Sweet Molecules of Life delivers up-to-date coverage of all aspects of carbohydrate chemistry. It begins with a lively introduction, interspersed with historical material, and then brings the reader up to speed on the 'nuts and bolts' of carbohydrates, including configuration, conformation and the anomeric effects. Subsequent chapters describe the various protecting groups that enable the many selective transformations within monosaccharides and the multitude of approaches to the synthesis of the glycosidic linkage. The book also provides an introductory treatment of higher saccharides, glycoconjugates and glycobiology and carbohydrate-based vaccines. An appendix gives a very useful summary of the available literature sources.

Carbohydrates is an excellent text for advanced undergraduates and graduates studying carbohydrates. It is also an invaluable reference for researchers, teaching faculty and new entrants into the field.

Contents

Preface and acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Ch. 1 The Meaning of Life
Ch. 2 The Early Years
Ch. 3 "Grandfather Glucose"
Ch. 4 Heidi und Heinz
Ch. 5 The Shape of Things to Come
Ch. 6 Synthesis and Protecting Groups
Ch. 7 The Reactions of Monosaccharides
Ch. 8 The Formation of the Glycosidic Linkage
Ch. 9 Oligosaccharide Synthesis
Ch. 10 Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides
Ch. 11 Glycoconjugates and Glycobiology
Ch. 12 Carbohydrate-based Vaccines

Appendix

Index

L'auteur - Robert Stick

Robert Stick is a Queenslander by birth and completed his undergraduate and higher degrees at the University of Queensland. Following post-doctoral studies with Ray Lemieux and Sir Derek Barton, he took a faculty position at The University of Western Australia in 1975 and has since spent sabbatical leaves with Bert Fraser-Reid (Duke University), and with Bill Cullen and Steve Withers (both of the University of British Columbia).

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Academic Press
Auteur(s)	Robert Stick
Parution	11/01/2002
Nb. de pages	400
Format	17 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	600g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780126709605
ISBN13	978-0-12-670960-5