Synthesis of disaccharides related to human milk of antigenic properties

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:="" en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-IN">With a view to evaluate the immunostimulant activity of milk oligosaccharides; three disaccharides related to human milk were synthesised by trichloroacetimidate method using the suitably blocked D-glucosyl acceptors. <span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-IN">L<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-IN">-Fucose and <span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:="" en-in;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-IN">D<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-IN">-galactose sugars were used as active donors for the synthesis of the required disaccharides. The structures of the synthetic disaccharides were confirmed by physico-chemical techniques.</span></span></span></span></span>