title: Separation of negatively charged carbohydrates by capillary electrophoresis.
abstract: Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has recently emerged as a highly promising technique consuming an extremely small amount of sample and capable of the rapid, high-resolution separation, characterization, and quantitation of analytes. CE has been used for the separation of biopolymers, including acidic carbohydrates. Since CE is basically an analytical method for ions, acidic carbohydrates that give anions in weakly acid, neutral, or alkaline media are often the direct objects of this method. The scope of this review is limited to the use of CE for the analysis of carbohydrates containing carboxylate, sulfate, and phosphate groups as well as neutral carbohydrates that have been derivatized to incorporate strongly acidic functionality, such as sulfonate groups.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1112, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Linhardt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pervin
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011134:Polysaccharides