title: Analysis of reducing sugars as their chromophoric hydrazones by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A chromophoric hydrazide, 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azobenzene sulfonyl hydrazide (DABS-hydrazide), was prepared from 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azobenzene sulfonyl chloride by reaction with hydrazine. Reducing sugars were derivatized with DABS-hydrazide at 50 degrees C for 120 min. The chromophoric hydrazones were separated by reversed-phase HPLC isocratically using a short column (4.6 X 50 mm) and 0.08 M acetic acid-acetone as an eluant with no sample pretreatment and were quantitated at the picomole level. This method was applied to the sugar analysis of 5 micrograms of glycoproteins. Dansyl hydrazide derivatives of sugars were also separated by this HPLC system.
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D006835:Hydrazones / Q000032:analysis*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D004124:p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006835:Hydrazones; C052585:4-(N,N)-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4'-sulfonyl hydrazine; D004124:p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene