• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.555-558
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• 2006

The chemical reduction of Pseudomonas syringae subsp. phaseolicola alginates produces neutral polymers of D-mannose and L-gulose in source specific ratios. L-Gulose was highly sensitive to degradation by 1N HCl at $100^{\circ}C$. As hydrolysis time increased, gulose recovery decreased to 22% after 4 hr, whereas 98% of the D-mannose was recovered under the same conditions. Thin layer chromatography showed the formation of a second product upon L-gulose acid hydrolysis. This new product had a rate of flow (Rf) value of 0.58, identical to that of 1,6 anhydro-${\beta}$-D-mannopyranose and very close to that of 1,6 anhydro-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranose (Rf=0.60). Because of the difference in acid sensitivity between L-gulose and D-mannose, normal acid hydrolytic techniques applied to reduced alginates produces erroneous mannuronic acid (M): guluronic acid (G) ratio's unless one accounts for the differential rates of destruction of each sugar.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.386-388
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• 1994

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.775-781
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• 1994

$({\pm})-Dioxolane-T$ and$({\pm})-BCH-189$ are know to possess anti-HIV activities, and less to xicities compared to other dideoxynucleoside AIDS drugs. We have synthesized 34 different enantiomerically pure nucleosides by glycosylation of L-1,3-dioxolanyl acetate and L-1,3-oxathiolanyl acetate sugar moieties with uracil or 6-azauracil with alkyl chains$(C_1-C_3)$ on 5 or 6 position.