Synthesis of Bio-active Carbohydrate Chains Using Carbohydrate Reconstruction Reaction by Glycosidase

Carbohydrate chains are compound formed by connecting monosaccharides, and there are numerous types in consideration of the types of monosaccharides and the binding formation. Each carbohydrate chain has a different function and plays an important role in the living body.Some oligosaccharides are used in foods and cosmetics due to their functions.In the present study, we developed a synthetic method that uses carbohydrates as food that we eat on a daily basis as a raw material and converts it into bioactive carbohydrate chains having new functions by carbohydrate-rearranging reaction.