Download or read book Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry written by Michael Sinnott and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2007 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carbohydrates play important roles in biological systems as energy sources, as structural materials, and as informational structures (when they are often attached to proteins or lipids). Their chemical reactivity and conformational behaviour is governed by mechanistic and stereochemical rules.