Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Analysis of Carbohydrates by Gas-Liquid Chromatography (GLC) 2. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) of Carbohydrates 3. Hydrolysis and Other Cleavage of Glycosidic Linkages 4. Silyl Ethers of Carbohydrates 5. Preparation of Alditol Acetates and Their Analysis by Gas Chromatography (GC) and Mass Spectrometry (MS) 6. Analysis of Monosaccharides as Per-O-Acetylated Aldononitrile (PAAN) Derivatives by Gas-Liquid Chromatography (GLC) 7. Carbohydrate Trifluoroacetates 8. Analysis of Carbohydrates as O-Alkyloxime Derivatives by Gas-Liquid Chromatography (GLC) 9. Linkage Structure of Carbohydrates by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) of Partially Methylated Alditol Acetates 10. Fast Atom Bombardment-Mass Spectrometry (FAB-MS): Sample Preparation and Analytical Strategies 11. Location of Cellulose Substituents 12. Miscellaneous Gas Chromatographic (GC) Analyses of Carbohydrates