Synthesis and Applications of Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Steroids

This definitive text provides in-depth information on chemical, photochemical, and microbiological synthesis of carbohydrates and their derivatives. Recent development in the synthesis and applications of carbohydrates involved in food industries, biosurfactants, nano-catalysts, and nucleosides are thoroughly discussed in this innovative work. The text also provides information about synthesis and applications of artificial lipids and steroids. The approach of this book is to fulfill the requirements of graduate, postgraduate students, and scientists belonging to various fields. Key features · Provides in-depth knowledge of synthesis and applications of carbohydrates, lipids, and steroids. · Elaborates strategies for stereocontrolled glycosylation and their progress in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. · Discusses examples derived from drug development and regulatory applications and recent research results. · Enlightens from basics to recent advances in stereoselective glycosylation. · Includes problems with answers based on each chapter.

Professor Ahindra Nag B.Tech, M.Sc, Ph. D, MICHE, FIC, DEM, has teaching and research experiences of 34 years in the Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He has published 100 research papers and 14 textbooks and 3 patents. He has guided 18 research scholars and was served as a Visiting Professor to University of Rome (Italy), Academia Sinica (Taiwan) and Tennessee (USA). He is an editorial member of different International journals and was secretary of International Green Chemistry Society. He has attended as Key note speaker in different International Conferences.

1 Concepts of Carbohydrates, Lipids and Steroids 2 Inositols and Their Derivatives: Synthesis and Application 3 Strategy for Stereocontrolled 1,2-cis Glycosylation in Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry 4 The Role of Catalysts in the Synthesis of Carbohydrates, Lipids and Steroids 5 The Chemical Synthesis of Oligosaccharides in the Enterobacteriaceae Family 6 Synthesis of Selected Nucleoside Analogues against RNA Viruses 7 Synthesizing Nanocatalysts with Carbohydrates 8 The Photochemistry of Carbohydrates and Steroids 9 Carbohydrates as Biosurfactants 10 Chemical Tools for the Synthesis and Application of Artificial Lipids 11 Continuous flow valorization of Lipids, Fatty Acids and Glycerol 12 Glucocorticosteroids as a New Target in the Pharmacotherapy of Metabolic Disorders in Humans 13 Metabolic Disorders in Strokes 14 Carbohydrates: Classification and Biosynthesis 15 Biosynthesis of Fats, Fatty acids and Lipids 16 Biosynthesis of Steroids and Steroid-Related Compounds