Thoroughly updated edition of the leading textbook on carbohydrate chemistry

From synthesis to biological function, Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry introduces the entire range of modern carbohydrate chemistry and chemical biology. In this new edition, the increasing recognition of the role of carbohydrates in biology, pharmacology, and medicine is reflected in greatly expanded sections on glycobiology and glycomimetics. The new edition also features a new set of illustrations, many of which are now in color, as well as intriguing practical examples and story-telling text boxes providing context for the relevance of carbohydrates in science and society.

Didactically written by an experienced lecturer and graduate student advisor, Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry includes information on:

• Protecting groups for carbohydrates, including protection of the anomeric center, acyl, ether, and acetal protecting groups
• Methods for the analysis of carbohydrates, covering polarimetry, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry
• Important modifications and functionalizations of the sugar ring, such as deoxy derivatives, anhydro sugars, and epimerizations
• Principal approaches to the chemical and enzymatic synthesis of glycosides and glycopeptides, and modern examples of advancing the art of glycoside synthesis employing solution as well as solid phase methods
• Structural diversity and biosynthesis of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates
• A greatly expanded section on glycobiology that focuses on the role of carbohydrates in membrane architecture, cell-cell-recognition. cell adhesion, and their biomedical applications

Updated and thoroughly modernized for more efficient classroom teaching and self-learning, the Fourth Edition of Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry is essential reading for students in chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, and pharmacy with an interest in glycochemistry and glycobiology.

Thisbe K. Lindhorst is Full Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science of Christiana Albertina University of Kiel (Germany), where she holds a chair in Organic and Biological Chemistry. She studied chemistry at the Universities of München and Münster and received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1991 from the University of Hamburg. Her scientific interests are in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and in biological chemistry, especially in glycochemistry and glycobiology. She served as elected president of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) in 2016-2017.