Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry

Concise yet complete, this is a succinct introduction to the topic, covering both basic chemistry as well as such advanced topics as high-throughput analytics and glycomics -- in one handy volume. This improved and expanded 3rd edition features all-new material on combinatorial synthesis of carbohydrates and carbohydrate biodiversity, and each chapter now contains study questions for self-learning and classroom teaching. Didactically written by an experienced lecturer and graduate student advisor, the text is backed by practical examples and more than 150 study questions tailored to students' needs. 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
"...certainly merits a place on the shelves of carbohydrate chemistry students and will surely prove to be a useful laboratory resource for many."
ChemBioChem
(Oct. 2007) "Insgesamt lässt sich die dritte Auflage dieses bereits fest etablierten Lehrbuchs für eine breite Leserschaft uneingeschränkt empfehlen. - sollte in keiner Bibliothek und Lehrbuchsammlung fehlen."
Angewandte Chemie 2008-120/8 Thisbe Lindhorst holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Kiel (Germany). She graduated from Münster University in 1988, completing her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of Hamburg in 1991. She then spent a postdoctoral period with S. G. Withers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada) before returning to Hamburg. In 2000 she was appointed full professor at the University of Kiel.
Her research interests focus on natural product synthesis, carbohydrate and dendrimer chemistry.
Carbohydrates are important storage molecules, constituents of nucleic acids and biological recognition markers. Synthetic carbohydrates are important food additives, building blocks for polymers and have also been used as drugs.
Concise yet complete, this is a succinct introduction to the topic, covering both basic chemistry as well as such advanced topics as high-throughput analytics and glycomics -- in one handy volume. This improved and expanded 3rd edition features all-new material on combinatorial synthesis of carbohydrates and carbohydrate biodiversity, and each chapter now contains study questions for self-learning and classroom teaching.
From the contents:
* Introduction to Carbohydrates
* Structure of Saccharides
* Protecting Groups for Carbohydrates
* O-Glycoside Synthesis
* Modifications and Functionalizations of the Sugar Ring
* Glycoconjugates - Structure and Biosynthesis
* Combinatorial Synthesis of Carbohydrates
* Glycobiology and Glycomics
* Purification and Analysis of Carbohydrates
* The Literature of Carbohydrate Chemistry
Didactically written by an experienced lecturer and graduate student advisor, the text is backed by practical examples and many study questions tailored to students' needs.