For many years, boronic acid derivatives have been used tobuild receptors and sensors for carbohydrates, particularly glucose. The mainissues to be addressed with sensors built on boronic acid derivatives areselectivity between carbohydrates and the need for long wavelength fluorescence.In order to address these issues, our group is trying to combine high quantumyield and long wavelength indicators with various boronic acid species tocreate molecular sensors which can be used to detect sugars in biologicalmedia. And we are also interested in the development of molecular sensors forcellular sugar imaging.

Fluorescent sensors for carbohydrates based on boronic acids

241st National Meeting (2011)

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