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.

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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.

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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