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Carbohydrates

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Book cover Circular Dichroism and the Conformational Analysis of Biomolecules

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Carbohydrates are by far the most abundant biomolecule in the planetary biomass, largely because of the presence of the plant polysaccharides starch and cellulose (Lehninger, 1975). Carbohydrates play diverse roles in cell surface phenomena, and polysaccharides are biologically important as structural, energy storage, and gelling biopolymers. Moreover, their abundance and their rheological properties give them technological and commercial significance as well (Whistler and BeMiller, 1993).

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Stevens, E.S. (1996). Carbohydrates. In: Fasman, G.D. (eds) Circular Dichroism and the Conformational Analysis of Biomolecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2508-7_14

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