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Carbohydrates in Chemistry and Biology provides detailed information about the green synthesis, biological importance and catalytic applications of carbohydrate derivatives. It covers various topics including carbohydrate decorated compounds, bioconjugation, carbohydrate functionalized heterocycles, carbohydrate-spiro-heterocycles, heterocycles from carbohydrate precursors and natural sources of bioactive carbohydrates. Synthesis and applications of carbohydrate derivatives. Carbohydrate decorated bioactive scaffolds and bioconjugates. Carbohydrates in catalysis. Indispensable to chemists, medicinal chemists and biologists. Introduction to carbohydrate-designed drug molecules Role of carbohydrates in drug delivery Carbohydrate-functionalized nanoparticles: from laboratory to clinical applications Total synthesis of some carbohydrate-decorated bioactive compounds Recent developments in biologically relevant carbohydrate-decorated O-heterocycles Green solvents in carbohydrate synthesis The role of coupling reactions in carbohydrate chemistry Triazole-linked carbohydrates as promising bioactive scaffolds: Synthesis via click chemistry Synthesis of structurally diverse heterocycles from carbohydrate isothiocyanates Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of carbohydrate derivatives Microwave-assisted synthesis of carbohydrate derivatives Application of carbohydrates as renewable feedstocks for the synthesis of bioactive compounds Applications of carbohydrate-based gelators Carbohydrate-based ionic liquids for biomass utilization Advances in carbohydrate-supported nanostructured material in organic transformations Bioconjugation of carbohydrates Carbohydrate polymers and their applications Preparation of biofuels from carbohydrates: an overview Industrial applications of carbohydrates Advances in carbohydrates-based metal-organic frameworks