Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry - Softcover

Lindhorst, Thisbe K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3527306641 ISBN 13: 9783527306640

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2003

Synopsis

Carbohydrates are the most abundant natural products, in line with their role as energy stores and structural building blocks in plants and algae. They are versatile enough to serve as encoders of biological information and, last but not least, they are involved in a variety of molecular recognition processes. 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 Lindhorst's successful book is now available in its second edition. Going from the basic concepts right up to the most recent results, this didactically written book features numerous practical examples of synthetic and analytical methods. The contents have been thoroughly updated, and a new chapter on mass spectroscopy of carbohydrates has been added.
With its clear and lucid style, this introduction to carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry is essential reading for students and postgraduate scientists in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy and biomedicine.

"a very readable book which presents carbohydrate chemistry and, in later sections, biochemistry as exciting areas to work and study. The author captures a sense of wonder and inspiration from the very elegance of these areas of science and their application in the real worlds of pharmaceutical and medical research."
(The Alchemist)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Thisbe K. Lindhorst Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry 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 "glyco-science". 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.

About the Author:

Thisbe Lindhorst holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Kiel (Germany). She graduated from M�nster 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 3527306641
• ISBN 13: 9783527306640
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 230