Carbohydrates the essential molecules of life

This book provides the "nuts and bolts" background for a successful study of carbohydrates - the essential molecules that not only give you energy, but are an integral part of many biological processes. A question often asked is 'Why do carbohydrate chemistry?' The answer is simp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stick, Robert V.
Other Authors: Williams, Spencer J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 2009, 2009
Edition:2nd ed
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book provides the "nuts and bolts" background for a successful study of carbohydrates - the essential molecules that not only give you energy, but are an integral part of many biological processes. A question often asked is 'Why do carbohydrate chemistry?' The answer is simple: It is fundamental to a study of biology. Carbohydrates are the building blocks of life and enable biological processes to take place. Therefore the book will provide a taste for the subject of glycobiology
Item Description:Previous ed.: San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic, 2001
Physical Description:online resource (xxi, 474 p.) ill
ISBN:0240521188
9780240521183
0080927025
9780080927022