Separation of dansyl hydrazine-derivatized oligosaccharides by liquid chromatography.

A sensitive method has been developed for the rapid separation of neutral oligosaccharides derivatized with dansyl hydrazine by liquid chromatography on silica gel modified with 1,4-diaminobutane. Malto-oligosaccharides from corn syrup in amounts ranging from 7 to 280 nmol and ovalbumin-derived oligosaccharides in amounts ranging from 0.25 to 250 nmol were easily detectable and gave linear responses over the respective ranges.