1st Edition

Synthesis and Applications of Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Steroids

Edited By Ahindra Nag Copyright 2025
438 Pages 456 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

438 Pages 456 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

438 Pages 456 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This definitive text provides in-depth information on chemical, photochemical, and microbiological synthesis of carbohydrates and their derivatives. Recent development in the synthesis and applications of carbohydrates involved in food industries, biosurfactants, nano-catalysts, and nucleosides are thoroughly discussed in this innovative work. The text also provides information about... Read more

1. Concepts of Carbohydrates, Lipids and Steroids

Ahindra Nag and Bipasa Halder

2. Inositols and Their Derivatives: Synthesis and Application

Adam Kurčina and Jan Veselý

3. Progress in Stereocontrolled 1,2-cis Glycosylation in Synthetic

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Zanjila Azeem, Himanshu Gangwar, Sunny Maurya, and Pintu Kumar Mandal

4. The Role of Catalysts in the Synthesis of Carbohydrates, Lipids and Steroids

Yliana López,Juan-Pablo García-Merinos, Rosa E. del Río, Rosa Santillan

5. The Chemical Synthesis of Oligosaccharides in the Enterobacteriaceae Family

Mana Mohan Mukherjee, Nabamita Basu, Susmita Poddar and Rina Ghosh

6. Synthesis of Selected Nucleoside Analogues against RNA Viruses

Evan Saillard, Mathias Brouillard, Vincent Royand, Luig and A. Agrofoglio

7. Synthesizing Nanocatalysts with Carbohydrates

Farahnaz. K. Behbahani

Chapter 8.The Photochemistry of Carbohydrates and of Steroids

Angelo Albini

9. Carbohydrates as Biosurfactants

Ahindra Nag and Dipak Patil

10. Chemical Tools for the Synthesis and Application of Artificial Lipids

Federica A. Souto-Trinei, Brenda Portasany, and Roberto J. Brea

11. Continuous Flow Valorization of Lipids, Fatty Acids and Glycerol

Christophe Len

12. Glucocorticosteroids as a new target in the pharmacotherapy of metabolic disorders in humans

Daria Kupczyk Renata Studzińska, Hanna Pawluk, Renata Kołodziejska

13. Metabolic Disorders in Strokes

Renata Kołodziejska, Hanna Pawlu,  Daria Kupczyk, Renata Studzińska

14. Carbohydrates: Classification and Biosynthesis

Simran Sandhu, Samina Naz, Ikechukwu P. Ejidike and Athar Ata

15. Biosynthesis of Fats, Fatty acids and Lipids

Ahindra Nag

16. Biosynthesis of Steroids and Steroid-Related Compounds

Athar Ata

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Biography

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.