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Carbohydrates are probably nature's most common product. Plants and algae biosynthesize millions of tons of them every year. Carbohydrates are stores of energy and structural building blocks; they are versatile enough to serve as encoders of biological information and, last but not least, they are involved in recognition processes at a molecular level. Research into carbohydrate and glycoconjugate functions in cell-to-cell communication processes has even created a new and rapidly developing field of study: glycobiology.
Thisbe K. Lindhorst is one of the leading "next generation" scientists in the area of carbohydrate research. Within her current book she presents a comprehensive introduction to the fascinating world of carbohydrates. In a lucid, explicit language she explains carbohydrate structures and the basic concepts of saccharide chemistry and saccharide biochemistry. With the same clarity she spans the gap to the glycobiological aspects of modern "glycoscience". Sample descriptions of research methods supplement the vital teaching text and open an experienced scientist's bag of tricks required to synthesize and analyze sugar derivatives easily and successfully.
This book offers valuable guidance for students as well as for researchers working in chemistry, biochemistry and biomedicine. Reading it can help everyone become an expert in the field of carbohydrate chemistry.
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Although the chemistry and biochemistry of carbohydrates is continuously becoming a more important field, few graduate programs, not to mention undergraduate programs, offer courses in this area. Students and professionals interested in carbohydrates must learn the field by self-study. Hoping to create a desire in readers to study the field more thoroughly, Lindhorst (Christina Albertina University Kiel, Germany) provides this updated (1st ed., 2000) introduction to carbohydrate chemistry. About half the book covers carbohydrate synthetic chemistry, including protecting groups, glycoside synthesis, and sugar ring modifications and functionalizations. The synthetic topics are well referenced and include very useful experimental procedures for the most common reactions. Other topics include mono-, oligo-, and polysaccharide structures, glycoconjugate structure and biosynthesis, glycobiology, and a very cursory coverage of carbohydrate purification and analysis. These topics are not referenced; thus, further reading in these areas is more difficult. Although the book would be useful because of the included experimental procedures, a similar work by John F. Robyt, Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry (CH, Jul'98), would be a preferred self-study book for libraries that want only a single work on the topic. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. L. J. Liotta Stonehill College
Table of Contents
| Introduction to Carbohydrates |
| Structure of Saccharides Protecting Groups for Carbohydrates |
| Important modifications and functionalizations of the sugar ring O-Glycoside Synthesis |
| Structure and Biosynthesis of Glycoconjugates Glycobiology Purification and Analysis of Carbohydrates |
| The Literature of Carbohydrate Chemistry |