Prof. Dr. Bertram O. Fraser-Reid
Natural Products and Glycotechnology
Research Institute Inc.
North Caroline State University
4118 Swarthmore Road
Durham, NC 27707
USA
dglucose@aol.com
Prof. Dr. Kuniaki Tatsuta
University Graduate School
of Science and Engineering
3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku
Tokyo
Japan
tatsuta@waseda.jp
Prof. Dr. Joachim Thiem
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
University of Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6
20146 Hamburg
Germany
thiem@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
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Natural Products and Glycotechnology
Research Institute Inc.
North Caroline State University
4118 Swarthmore Road
Durham, NC 27707
USA
dglucose@aol.com
Prof. Dr. Kuniaki Tatsuta
University Graduate School
of Science and Engineering
3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku
Tokyo
Japan
tatsuta@waseda.jp
Prof. Dr. Joachim Thiem
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
University of Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6
20146 Hamburg
Germany
thiem@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008921863
ISBN: 978-3-540-30429-6
This publication is available also as:
Print publication under ISBN: 978-3-540-36154-1 and
Print and electronic bundle under ISBN: 978-0-387-36157-2
DOI: 10-1007/978-3-540-30429-6
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parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965,
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are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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therefore free for general use.
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of operative techniques and medications contained in this book. In every individual case the user must
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