This book deals with many of the common combinations used to analyze carbohydrates by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and mass spectrometry (MS). It is useful to the more seasoned carbohydrate analyst as a reference book.

This textbook is a comprehensive guide to analysis of carbohy-drates by gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. In addition to explaining the facets of carbohydrate analysis and their relation to each other, the text also contains in-depth reference in-formation useful to practitioners in the field. Improvements in car-bohydrate analyses methodology during the past six years are also highlighted. This extensively illustrated text provides excellent data for those in carbohydrate, agriculture, and food chemistry.