“…The myriad roles of GHs in nature include the degradation of biomass (e.g., cellulose and hemicellulose), some antipathogenic (e.g., lysozyme) or pathogenic (e.g., viral neuraminidases, NAs) functions, and a plethora of normal cellular functions (e.g., glycoprotein biosynthesis, glycoconjugate metabolism, glycogen degradation). Consequently, some of the members of this vast family of enzymes are considered extremely attractive targets for the development of therapeutic agents for the treatment of pathologies such as diabetes, cancer, influenza, AIDS and other viral infections, Alzheimer disease or lysosomal storage disorders . The efforts towards this end have led to the discovery of potent inhibitors and effectors of glycosidases .…”