Abstract
Maltosaccharides up to maltohexaose were gaschromatographically determined by use of the severely conditioned short column. Fifty cm of 2% silicone OV-17 column was conditioned at 350°C for 72 hours . This conditioning enabled to elute higher saccharides such as G5 and G6. The trimethylsilylation procedure essentially as by Brobst was modified into a short time derivatization by micro scale. According to this modified method, maltosaccharides up to G6 are determined less than 2% relative error within 30 min. including the TMS derivative preparation.
