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Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Glycosphingolipid Antigens
Published on: April 16, 2013
Derivatization of carbohydrates for chromatographic, electrophoretic and mass spectrometric structure analysis
Fotini N Lamari1, Reinhard Kuhn, Nikos K Karamanos
1Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 261 10, Patras, Greece.
Abstract:
Carbohydrates, either alone or as constituents of glycoproteins, proteoglycans and glycolipids, are mediators of several cellular events and (patho)physiological processes. Progress in the "glycome" project is closely related to the analytical tools used to define carbohydrate structure and correlate structure with function. Chromatography, electrophoresis and mass spectrometry are the indispensable analytical tools of the on-going research. Carbohydrate derivatization is required for most of these analytical procedures. This review article gives an overview of derivatization methods of carbohydrates for their liquid chromatographic and electrophoretic separation, as well as the mass spectrometric characterization. Pre-column and on-capillary derivatization methods are presented with special emphasis on the derivatization of large carbohydrates.
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