Carbohydrates in the body and functions.

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Cover -- Copyright -- DECLARATION -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Carbohydrates: Looking at the Basics -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 The Terminology Used In Carbohydrates: -- 1.3 Terminology Using Physiology -- 1.4 Few Added Terms -- 1.5 Summary -- 1.6 References -- Chapter 2 Aspects of Carbohydrates -- 2.1 Looking At Sugars -- 2.2 Athletes And Carbohydrates -- 2.3 New Insights In Glycobiology -- 2.4 Study: Diet And Carbohydrates (Seidelmann Et Al, 2018) -- 2.5 Disease And Carbohydrates

2.6: Carbohydrates And Flavor -- 2.7 References -- Chapter 3 Unified Theory of Bacterial Sialometabolism: How and Why Bacteria Metabolize Host Sialic Acids -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Stage Dynamics And Dramatis Personae: Git Morphology And Bacterial Inhabitants -- Sialic Acids And Their Distributions In The Large Intestine -- Canonical Bacterial Pathway For Catabolism (Dissimilation) Of Host-Derived Neu5ac -- The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly-Evidence For Or Against The Involvement Of Sialometabolism In Bacterial Colonization And Pathogenesis

Mechanisms Of Bacterial Acquisition Or Scavenging Of Host Sialic Acids -- The Salad Bar-Substrate Availability At Mucosal Surfaces -- Identification Of The E. Coli Sialoregulon -- How Bacteria Catabolize Neu5gc And Methylated Sialic Acid (Neu5acme) -- Model Of Known Or Proposed Sialocatabolic Pathways In E. Coli -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Glycosylation-Based Serum Biomarkers for Cancer Diagnostics and Prognostics -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Clinically Approved Biomarkers -- Muc16 (Ca125) -- Muc1 (Ca15-3/Ca27.29) -- Potential Novel Biomarkers

Carbohydrates As Potential Serum Biomarkers -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Implication of Fructans in Health: Immunomodulatory and Antioxidant Mechanisms -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Fructans: Structure, Source, And Synthesis -- Functional Effects Of Fructans -- Immunomodulatory Effects Of Fructans -- Fructans Act as ROS Scavengers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Using Carbohydrate Interaction Assays to Reveal Novel Binding Sites in Carbohydrate Active Enzymes -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials And Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- References

Chapter 7 Sugar Alcohols, Caries Incidence, and Remineralization of Caries Lesions: A Literature Review -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Clinical Caries Trials On Sugar Alcohols -- "Utility Value" Of Polyol Strategies In Caries Prevention -- Literature Searches On Tooth Remineralization -- Nonspecific Xylitol Effects Versus Specific Ones -- Chemical Features Of Sugar Alcohols That Can Be Associated With Remineralization -- Specific Alditol Properties -- Alditols Are Not Tooth-Demineralizing And Calculus-Promoting Agents.232 -- Salivary Factors Associated With Tooth Remineralization

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