DESCRIPTION This book is designed for the undergraduate (Pass and Honours) and
postgraduate students of Chemistry. The content, in adequate details is
presented in a lucid language and is well illustrated. It would be equally
useful to the learners in interdisciplinary areas like Biochemistry and
Biotechnology etc. CONTENTS Preface Chapter 1 : Amino Acids: Introduction.
Nomenclature of Amino acids, Classification of Amino acids, Stereochemical
aspects of ?Ñ- Amino acids, Physical properties of ?Ñ-Amino acids, Chemical
reactions of Amino acids, Industrial preparation of ?Ñ- amino acids, Chemical
synthesis of ?Ñ-Amino acids, Industrial applications of ?Ñ-Amino acids, Chapter
2 : Peptides : Introduction, Structure and Classification of Peptides,
Nomenclature of