Carbohydrate chemistry
Subtitle: monosaccharides, disaccharides and specific oligosaccharides. Vol. 31
By: senior reporter, R. J. Ferrier ; reporters, R. Blattner ... [et al.].
Contributors: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Series: Specialist periodical reports
Publisher: RSC
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781847553096
Subjects: Monosaccharides; Carbohydrates; Oligosaccharides; Disaccharides
Other titles: RSC ebook collection.
Description: Carbohydrate Chemistry provides review coverage of all publications relevant to the chemistry of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in a given year. The amount of research in this field appearing in the organic chemical literature is increasing because of the enhanced importance of the subject, especially in areas of medicinal chemistry and biology. In no part of the field is this more apparent than in the synthesis of oligosaccharides required by scientists working in glycobiology. Clycomedicinal chemistry and its reliance on carbohydrate synthesis is now very well established, for example, by the preparation of specific carbohydrate- based antigens, especially cancer-specific oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Coverage of topics such as nucleosides, amino-sugars, alditols and cyclitols also covers much research of relevance to biological and medicinal chemistry.^

Each volume of the series brings together references to all published work in given areas of the subject and serves as a comprehensive database for the active research chemist Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by teams of leading authorities in the relevant subject areas, the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, with regular, in-depth accounts of progress in particular fields of chemistry. Subject coverage within different volumes of a given title is similar and publication is on an annual or biennial basis. Current subject areas covered are Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Catalysis, Chemical Modelling: Applications and Theory, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Organometallic Chemistry, Organophosphorus Chemistry, Photochemistry and Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds.^

From time to time, the series has altered according to the fluctuating degrees of activity in the various fields, but these volumes remain a superb reference point for researchers.
Notes: R.J. Ferrier, R. Blattner and three other reporters are New Zealanders.

"A review of the literature published during 1997."

Includes bibliographical references and index.