glycodiversification
English
Etymology
glyco- + diversification
Noun
glycodiversification (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) The study of the function of the diversity of carbohydrates found in nature
- (chemistry) The synthesis of analogues of naturally-occurring carbohydrates
References
- Unusual sugar biosynthesis and natural product glycodiversification
- Dr. Hung-wen Liu, professor in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy, for elucidating and exploiting nature’s strategies for glycodiversification and enzyme catalysis and for outstanding contributions to a new era of bioorganic chemistry.