Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry

Preface

Jean Montreuil

Lille and His Early Life

From Nucleic Acids to Glycoproteins of Body Fluids

The “Dutch Connection”

Human Milk and Urine Oligosaccharides

The “Red Blood Cells Aging” Period

Dedicated Teacher, Editor, and Organizer

Laurance David Hall

Early History and Education, 1938–1963

The Vancouver Period, 1963–1984

The Cambridge Period, 1984–2005

Honors and Awards, 1971–2005

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Potential trehalase inhibitors

Abbreviations

I. Introduction

II. Natural Occurrence and Characterization of Trehazolin

III. Biosynthesis of Trehazolin

IV. Retrosynthetic Analysis of Trehazolin and Its Analogues

V. Synthesis of the Sugar Isothiocyanate Fragment

VI. Synthesis of the Trehazolamine Fragment

VII. Synthesis of Trehazolins

Acknowledgments

Polysaccharides of the red algae

Abbreviations

I. Introduction

II. Storage Carbohydrates: Floridean Starch

III. Neutral Structural Polysaccharides: Cellulose, Mannans, and Xylans

IV. Sulfated Galactans

V. Sulfated Mannans

VI. Glycuronans

VII. Heteropolysaccharides of Unicellular and Freshwater Red Algae. Miscellaneous Polysaccharides

VIII. Algal Systematics and Polysaccharide Composition

Toward automated glycan analysis

Abbreviations

I. Introduction

II. Emerging Glycomics Technologies

III. Toward Automated Glycan Analysis