Fluorescent analogs of biomolecular building blocks: design, properties, and applications

RW Sinkeldam, NJ Greco, Y Tor - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence spectroscopy, one of the most informative and sensitive analytical techniques,
has played and continues to play key roles in modern research. Indeed, unraveling the inner …

Optical methods for sensing glucose

MS Steiner, A Duerkop, OS Wolfbeis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review covers the present state of the art in optical sensing of glucose. Following
an introduction into the significance of (continuous) sensing of glucose and a brief look back …

A detailed examination of boronic acid–diol complexation

G Springsteen, B Wang - Tetrahedron, 2002 - Elsevier
Boronic acids bind with compounds containing diol moieties with high affinity through
reversible boronate formation. However, the conditions that foster tight binding between the …

The relationship among pKa, pH, and binding constants in the interactions between boronic acids and diols—it is not as simple as it appears

J Yan, G Springsteen, S Deeter, B Wang - Tetrahedron, 2004 - Elsevier
In our continuing efforts into designing boronic acid-based sensors that recognize cell-
surface carbohydrates, it has been necessary to examine various factors that affect the …

Boronic acids in saccharide recognition

TD James, MD Phillips, S Shinkai - 2007 - books.google.com
The desire to quantify the presence of analytes within diverse physiological, environmental
and industrial systems has led to the development of many novel detection methods. In this …

Progress in boronic acid-based fluorescent glucose sensors

H Fang, G Kaur, B Wang - Journal of Fluorescence, 2004 - Springer
Effective management of diabetes relies on the frequent monitoring of blood glucose
concentrations. The current approach of blood sampling and glucose concentration …

Boronic acid-based sensors

W Wang, X Gao, B Wang - Current Organic Chemistry, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in using boronic acid as the
recognition motif for the development of sensors. Because boronic acids can form tight and …

Boronolectins and fluorescent boronolectins: An examination of the detailed chemistry issues important for the design

J Yan, H Fang, B Wang - Medicinal research reviews, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Glycans in the form of glycoproteins or glycolipids play very critical roles in various biological
and pathological processes including inflammation, cancer metastasis, immune reactions …

Boronic acid based probes for microdetermination of saccharides and glycosylated biomolecules

HS Mader, OS Wolfbeis - Microchimica Acta, 2008 - Springer
This review covers the progress made in the development of fluorescent probes for
saccharides and glycosylated biomolecules. Such probes are supposed to work at …

Fluorescent chemosensors for carbohydrates: a decade's worth of bright spies for saccharides in review

H Cao, MD Heagy - Journal of Fluorescence, 2004 - Springer
This review provides a chronological survey of over fifty fluorescent chemosensors for
carbohydrates from the period between 1992 to the present. The survey contains only those …