Postcolumn derivatization method for determination of reducing and phosphorylated sugars in chicken by high performance liquid chromatography

A postcolumn derivatization method is described for determination of reducing sugars and phosphorylated reducing sugars from chicken meat and other foods using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Reducing sugars are extracted with ethanol/water, separated on a Kromasil amine-bonded column by isocratic analysis using acetonitrile/water as the mobile phase, and, after postcolumn reaction with tetrazolium blue, are determined by the resulting absorbance at 550 nm. Phosphorylated sugars are first dephosphorylated using alkaline phosphatase and then determined by the same method.