Monosaccharides (sometimes imprecisely referred to as ‘sugars’) are the molecular ‘building blocks’ from which the carbohydrate family of natural products are constructed.
Keywords: structures; reactions; role in biomolecules
Monosaccharides
Robin Ferrier, Industrial Research Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000691
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Figure 1. The abbreviated Calvin cycle of CO
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| References | |
| Angyal SJ (1984) The composition of reducing sugars in solution. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry 42: 15–58. | |
| Angyal SJ (1991) The composition of reducing sugars in solution: current aspects. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry 49: 19–35. | |
| book Toshima K and Tatsuta K (1993) "Recent progress in o-glycosylation methods and their application to natural product synthesis". Chemical Reviews 1503–1531. | |
| Further Reading | |
| book Collins PM and Ferrier RJ (1995) Monosaccharides. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. | |
| book Lehmann J (1998) Carbohydrates. Stuttgart: Thieme. | |
