Oligosaccharide sensing with chromophore-modified curdlan in aqueous media.
A newly synthesized chromophore-modified curdlan functions as a saccharide chemosensor in aqueous solution, enabling us to discriminate tetrasaccharide acarbose from 24 mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrasaccharides.
Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan. gaku@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Gaku
G
Fukuhara
Yoshihisa
Y
Inoue
D020909:Acarbose / Q000032:analysis; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000737:chemistry*
D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012996:Solutions; D047071:beta-Glucans; D014867:Water; C038459:curdlan; D020909:Acarbose