ROUTINE ANALYSIS BY GAS‐LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY OF SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES IN EXTRACTS OF PLANT TISSUES

Abstract

S ummary Retention times for the trimethylsilyl ethers of more than fifty carbohydrates on 2% SE 52 columns and for the acetate derivatives of monosaccharides and polyols on 5% PEGA columns are given. The results of subsequent analyses of the soluble sugars and polyols in representatives of the following plant groups are described: algae (seven spp.), fungi (four spp.), lichen (ten spp.), bryophytes (six spp.), pteridophytes (five spp.) and angiosperm (seven spp.).