Analysis of Carbohydrates by Capillary Electrophoresis

Carbohydrates are ubiquitous. They come as monomers, oligomers and polymers with a startling variety of chemical, physical and material properties. They affect almost every as­ pect of human live. For example they are an essential part of our nutrition. Cellulose, a car­ bohydrate polymer, acts as a central material in civilization: as building material for housing and as paper for written communication. Scientifically, the interest in carbohydrates ranges from structural elucidation of sim...