b) Amino sugars

Amino sugars
     
    • The hydroxyl group, usually at C-2, is replaced by an amino group to produce aminosugars such as glucosamine, galactosamine and mannosamine. The amino group may be condensed with acetic acid to produce N-acetyl amino sugars, for example, N-acetyl glucosamine. This glucosamine derivative is important constituent of many structural polymers (chitin, bacterial cell wall polysaccharides etc.)





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