Mass Spectrometry Strategies for Structural Analysis of Carbohydrates and Glycoconjugates
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Carbohydrates are compounds rich in hydroxyl groups, being a monosaccharide a building block for complex carbohydrates. Beside the large amounts of hydroxyl groups, two chemical functions define the organic class, and even the simplest carbohydrate must contain either an aldehyde (polyhydroxyaldehyde) or ketone (polyhydroxyketone) functions (Fig. 1). Mass spectrometry strategies for structural analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates
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