CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND SEROREACTIVITY OF O-(3,6-DI-O-METHYL-β-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1-4)-O-(2,3-DI-O-METHYL-α-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-(1-9)-OXYNONANOYL-BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN - THE LEPROSY-SPECIFIC, NATURAL DISACCHARIDE-OCTYL-NEOGLYCOPROTEIN

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)90098-3

The outer disaccharide segment, namely, O-(3,6-di-O-methyl-4B-D-glucopyranosyl)-(1-4)-2,3-di-O-methyl-α-L-rhamnopyranose, of the trisaccharide-containing, leprosy-specific, phenolic glycolipid I has been synthesized as the 8-(methoxycarbonyl)octyl glycosi