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Ideal introductory text which clearly explains the basics before reviewing the latest chemistry and (glyco)biology of carbohydrates.

Table of Contents

1: The ‘Nuts and Bolts’ of Carbohydrates 2: Synthesis and Protecting Groups 3: The Reactions of Monosaccharides 4: The Formation of the Glycosidic Linkage 5: Oligosaccharide Synthesis 6: Monosaccharide Metabolism 7: Enzymatic Cleavage of Glycosides: Mechanism, Inhibition and Synthetic Applications 8: Glycosyltransferases 9: Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides 10: Modifications of Glycans and Glycoconjugates 11: Glycoproteins and Proteoglycans 12: Classics in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology

About the Author

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).