Driver, Kathy (Cathryn Helena Stanford); Balogun, Mohammed Olusegun; Toschi, Gianna; Verschoor, J.A. (Jan Adrianus), 1953-; Baird, Mark S.; Pilcher, Lynne A.(Elsevier, 2010-02)
A new method for the stereoselective synthesis of the (R,R)-b-hydroxy-a-alkyl fatty acid fragment of
mycolic acids, via an asymmetric anti-aldol reaction is reported. The ‘mycolic acid motif’ fragment was prepared in three ...
Balogun, Mohammed Olusegun; Huws, Enlli; Sirhan, Muthana M.; Saleh, Ahmed D.; Al Dulayymi, Juma’a R.; Pilcher, Lynne A.; Verschoor, J.A. (Jan Adrianus), 1953-; Baird, Mark S.(Elsevier, 2013-07)
Patient serum antibodies to mycolic acids have the potential to be surrogate markers of active tuberculosis
(TB) when they can be distinguished from the ubiquitously present cross-reactive antibodies to
cholesterol. ...
