APPLICATION OF CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS TO THE QUALITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF SUGARS IN A SORGHUM HYDROLASE

In this paper the capillary electrophoresis technique is applied to th e identification of sugars in a sorghum hydrolysate. Sugars were analy zed after derivatization using reductive amination techniques wherein 2-aminopyridine was the chromophore. A comparison of the separation ob tained with and without tagging was performed A study on the influence of temperature, buffer concentration and capillary length on the sepa ration of the four main sugars in the hydrolysate (xylose, arabinose, glucose and galactose) is presented