Associations

The American Chemical Society's Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Basic Terminology of Stereochemistry

CARBHYD-Carbohydrate Information-Don't miss this outstanding site!

Carbohydrate Chemistry Resources

Chemistry Molecular Models-A great source for carbohydrate structure files (as well as lots of other structural types).

Fructans

Introduction to Sugar Structures-Work your way through these pages to see some really neat Java applets representing sugar structures.

Official IUPAC-IUBMB Carbohydrate Nomenclature

Polysaccharides-Some exceptionally cool graphics, especially of amylose helices.

RVA and Starch Paste Viscosity

Starch General Information, Images, and Links-An excellent resource for information about starch.

Sweet-Sweet is a program for constructing 3D models of saccharides from their sequences using standard nomenclature.  Don't miss this outstanding site!!

Gum Arabic Information

Water Structure and Behavior-This site has pictures and interactive structures of some of the gums we have been talking about.  Very cool!!

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) images of polysaccharides-See gum individual molecules...amazing.

Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research

James R. Daniel

Yuan Yao

Web Author: James R. Daniel, Ph. D.
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