Glycosidase inhibitors and their chemotherapeutic value, Part 1.

The various compounds that have been investigated as glycosidase inhibitors are reviewed. The first of three parts of this review article covers the following classes of compounds: sugar, lactones and hydroximolactones, glycosyl halides, oligosaccharides, glycosides and their derivatives, deoxy thiosugar derivatives, thioglycosides, deoxy amino and guanidino sugars, glycosylamines, anhydrosugars and their analogues, deoxysugars, glycals, C-glycosides and C-nucleosides.