Presents the successful synthesis of the representative and complex natural glycosides, as well as their respective origins, structural features, and biological activities.
Presents the successful synthesis of the representative and complex natural glycosides, as well as their respective origins, structural features, and biological activities.
Biao Yu is Professor and currently Director of State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was given the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2020, the Roy L. Whistler Award from the International Carbohydrate Organization in 2022, and was elected as the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021. He has spent nearly 30 years working on carbohydrate chemistry, especially the total synthesis of naturally occurring glycosides. Xiaoyu Yang is Associate Professor at the School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, China. His research interests focus on organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, carbohydrate chemistry and chemical biology.
