Glycoscience
Subtitle: Epimerisation, Isomerisation and Rearrangement Reactions of Carbohydrates (Topics in Current Chemistry) (Topics in Current Chemistry)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: March 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9783540413837
Subjects: Biochemistry; Polymer chemistry; Science; Carbohydrates; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Organic; General; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Science / Chemistry; Medical-General; Science / Biochemistry; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Science-Chemistry - Organic
First sentence: Until the middle of the 20th century, carbohydrate chemistry was regarded as a separate, minor branch of organic chemistry; despite the tremendous importance of carbohydrates in nutrition, the food industry, in biology and medicine and as organic raw materials, they were regarded by many organic chemists with some dubiety.