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Carbohydrate Detection Using Nanostructured Biosensing

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Carbohydrates, which are defined as polyhydroxyaldehydes or polyhydroxyketones, or larger compounds that can be hydrolyzed into such units, are ubiquitous in the living world. Carbohydrates act as the sources of energy and carbon in plants and animals and are the important structural elements in plant cell walls as well as in the extracellular matrix of animal and human tissues. Like nucleic acids and proteins, carbohydrates are involved in many biological processes and metabolism and seem to play critical roles in determining biological functions [1]. Glycosylation also affects the biological activity, lifetime, cellular uptake, and specificity of these proteins [2]. Therefore, the study and characterization of carbohydrates has become increasingly important and has emerged as the “new frontier” for elucidating fundamental biochemical processes and for identifying new pharmaceutical substances.

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Ju, H., Zhang, X., Wang, J. (2011). Carbohydrate Detection Using Nanostructured Biosensing. In: NanoBiosensing. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9622-0_14

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