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Conformation of Carbohydrates

by V.S.R. Rao, P.K. Qasba, P.V. Balaji and R. Chandrasekaran
Conformation of Carbohydrates




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b-D-glucuronic acid

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Uronic acid derivatives are formed after the oxidation of the alchohol group of an aldose to acid.



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