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SUBMITTER: Li Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3869271 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Zijie Z Gao Yahui Y Nakanishi Hideki H Gao Xiaodong X Cai Li L
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20131112
Rare sugars, referred to as monosaccharides and their derivatives that rarely exist in nature, can be applied in many areas ranging from foodstuffs to pharmaceutical and nutrition industry, or as starting materials for various natural products and drug candidates. Unfortunately, an important factor restricting the utilization of rare sugars is their limited availability, resulting from limited synthetic methods. Nowadays, microbial and enzymatic transformations have become a very powerful tool i ...[more]