AZASUGAR GLYCOSIDASE INHIBITORS - USEFUL TOOLS FOR GLYCOBIOLOGISTS

Glycosidase inhibitors are moving increasingly as potential agents for the treatment of diseases by altering glycosylation or catabolism of glycoconjugates. The azasugars, a potent class of inhibitors have rece ived much attention as tools for therapeutic investigation and in unde rstanding of certain biological processes such as glycoprotein process ing and enzymatic mechanisms. In this paper, We present some new synth etic azasugar compounds which show interesting activity as glycosidase inhibitors.