"The Carbohydrates" is a complete revision and expansion in scope of
the earlier "Chemistry of the Carbohydrates."* Two new chapters have
been added covering photosynthesis and metabolism (Chapter XIII) and
nutritional aspects (Chapter XIV). These additions and the general increase
in the coverage of biochemical and physiological aspects reflect the
great progress made in biochemistry during the past decade and the important
position of the carbohydrates in the processes of life. Marked advances
have also been made in recent years especially in reaction mechanisms,
stereochemistry of strainless rings, transglycosylation, development
of methods for the synthesis of radioactive sugars and their analysis, chromatography
and related methods of analysis, identification of tissue carbohydrates
in situ (histochemistry), and isolation and characterization of
animal polysaccharides and their protein complexes. These developments
have been brought into the present work.