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What are known examples of drugs that racemize/stereoconvert in vivo, and how are they converted?
It is known that although only the (S)-enantiomer of the infamous sedative thalidomide possesses teratogenic properties, it is not very useful to administer the pure (R)-enantiomer since it is ...
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How do we assign alpha/beta status in polysaccharides?
In polysachharides like sucrose or any other disachhaharides, how is it that we assign whether the glycosidic bond is alpha/beta ?
For example the images here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/...
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What do we get when we joint two α- glucoses via an α1,4 bond?
What do we get when we joint two α- glucoses via an α1,4 bond?
Is it alpha maltose or beta maltose?
In other words, if we cleave amylopectin with amylase (α-amylase or β-amylase), which form of ...
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Are the anomeric hydroxy groups of α-maltose and β-maltose, axial or equatorial, respectively?
This Q&A is a continuation from the following Q&A;
What do we get when we joint two α- glucoses via an α1,4 bond?
More straightforwardly, the question may focus on whether the bond represented ...
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