A micro method for the separation and determination of polysaccharides by zone electrophoresis

Abstract
A zone-electrophoretic method for the quantitative separation of neutral polysaccharides is described. The strip support used in silk and the method gives 85% recovery of a four-component mixture containing 100 [mu]g of each component. A qualitative zone-electrophoretic method with glass paper as a support and p-anisidine as a general spray reagent is described. The electrophoretic movement of the neutral polysaccharides used is dependent upon the use of borate buffer.