Carbohydrate analysis.

ABSTRACT

Carbohydrate analysis is an active field that is expanding rapidly. Hundreds of new structures are reported each year and methods for screening glycopolymers for known structures are now becoming accessible to the nonspecialist. Detailed structure analysis of recombinant glycoproteins has become relatively routine in specialist laboratories. Rapid advances are being made in the understanding of structure and function of biologically active carbohydrates that are of interest to the pharmaceutical industry.