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Title: Sucrose and Related Oligosaccharides

Author
item Eggleston, Gillian

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/11/2007
Publication Date: 6/1/2008
Citation: Eggleston, G. 2008. Sucrose and Related Oligosaccharides. In: Fraser-Reid, B., Tatsuta, K., editors. Glycoscience. 2nd. Edition. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Chapter 5.2: p. 1163-1183.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This is a textbook chapter on sucrose and related oligosaccharides. Contents include the industrial production of sugar (sucrose) from sugarcane and sugarbeet, physical and chemical properties of sucrose including conformation studies, various analyses of sucrose, current commercial and anticipated value-added products from sucrose and a discussion on related oligosaccharides to sucrose.