  We explore special features of the pair (U^*, U_*) formed by the right and
left dual over a (left) bialgebroid U in case the bialgebroid is, in
particular, a left Hopf algebroid. It turns out that there exists a bialgebroid
morphism S^* from one dual to another that extends the construction of the
antipode on the dual of a Hopf algebra, and which is an isomorphism if U is
both a left and right Hopf algebroid. This structure is derived from Phung's
categorical equivalence between left and right comodules over U without the
need of a (Hopf algebroid) antipode, a result which we review and extend. In
the applications, we illustrate the difference between this construction and
those involving antipodes and also deal with dualising modules and their
quantisations.
