Structural diversity of fungal glucans

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 792-809

  Synytsya, Andriy ^a   Novák, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Fungal glucans; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Structural diversity; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

ANOMERICS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; D-GLUCOSE; GLUCANS; GLYCOSIDIC BOND; METHYLATION ANALYSIS; PERIODATE OXIDATION; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; SUBSTITUTION DEGREE;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BETA GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW;

BETA-GLUCANS; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS;

EID: 84868223048     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.09.077     Document Type: Review

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