Formose sugar composition

The subject of the chemical synthesis of formose sugars, including the historical background, the results of kinetic studies and a rdsumd of biological tests, have been summarized by Mizuno and Weiss.Some chemical aspects of the formose reaction have also been surveyed in Japanese papers." The review " covers the literature up to 1971, which roughly coincides with the period covered in the previous report in this series. In the subsequent years, efforts have been continued to evaluate the influence of various factors affecting the yield and composition of the formose sugars. 

Formose is composed of Ca to Cg aldoses and ketoses, each chiral compound existing in the n and the l form. Whenever the reaction is stopped at the yellowing point, the composition of the sugar members is rather... 

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