title: Derivatization of carbohydrates for GC and GC-MS analyses.
abstract: GC and GC-MS are excellent techniques for the analysis of carbohydrates; nevertheless the preparation of adequate derivatives is necessary. The different functional groups that can be found and the diversity of samples require specific methods. This review aims to collect the most important methodologies currently used, either published as new procedures or as new applications, for the analysis of carbohydrates. A high diversity of compounds with diverse functionalities has been selected: neutral carbohydrates (saccharides and polyalcohols), sugar acids, amino and iminosugars, polysaccharides, glycosides, glycoconjugates, anhydrosugars, difructose anhydrides and products resulting of Maillard reaction (osuloses, Amadori compounds). Chiral analysis has also been considered, describing the use of diastereomers and derivatives to be eluted on chiral stationary phases.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales-CIAL (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Matute
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hernández-Hernández
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Sánchez
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez-Castro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates