title: [Soil carbohydrates: their determination methods and indication functions].
abstract: Soil carbohydrates are the important component of soil organic matter, and play an important role in soil aggregation formation. Their hydrolysis methods involve sulfur acid (H2SO4), hydrochloric acid (HCl), and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) hydrolysis, and their determination methods include colorimetry, gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) , high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and high performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAE-PAD). This paper summarized the methods of carbohydrates' hydrolysis, purification and detection, with focus on the derived methods of GLC, and briefly introduced the indication functions of carbohydrates in soil organic matter turnover.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China. zhangwei0531@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hongtu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Lichen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D006868:Hydrolysis; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D012987:Soil