There has been intense interest during recent years in identifying the biological functions of
carbohydrates. This diverse class of biomolecule is now well recognized as playing …

The chemical syntheses of thiooligosaccharides which were reported up to the beginning of
1996 are reviewed. Therefore, this article brings up to date previous reviews on …

Since the discovery of N-acetylneuraminic acid, the most universal sialic acid, at the end of
the 1930s [1],[2] as well as the structural and stereochemical elucidation of its free and …

A plasmonic bioassay for the specific detection of human influenza virus has been
developed based on gold nanoparticles functionalised with a designed and synthesised …

This review presents an in-depth overview of the modification of porphyrins with
bioconjugates and their applications in medicine today. Porphyrin bioconjugates ranging …

The anti-adhesive strategy, consisting of disrupting bacterial attachment to the host cells, is
widely explored as an alternative to antibiotic therapies. Recently, thiazolylmannosides …

Glycosidase resistant thioglycoside precursors of the melanoma-associated ganglioside
GM2 have been synthesized starting from lactose. Syntheses of several analogues of …

Thiooligosaccharides display inhibitory activity against glycoside hydrolases and they
constitute a valuable tool for structural biology. The construction of the interglycosidic …

1H NMR spectroscopy has been used to investigate whether the α (2→ 6)-linked
thiosialoside 3 and the α (2→ 3)-linked thiosialoside 9 are hydrolyzed in the presence of …

Rotavirus can cause severe gastrointestinal disease, especially in infants and young
children, and is particularly prevalent in Third-World countries. Therefore, the development …