J. Planar Chromatogr. 6, 51-54 (1993). Quantitative HPTLC of 11 sugars on silica impregnated by spraying with 0.1 M sodium bisulfite solution and - after drying in air for 10 min - with pH 4.8 citrate buffer. Development with acetonitrile - deionized water 85:15 (3 x). Detection by spraying with a-naphthol - sulfuric acid and heating for 5 min at 110 °C. Quantification of glucose and trehalose by densitometry in reflectance mode at 515 nm. A comparative study of a variety of chromatographic systems and detection reagents was made in order to determine the optimum conditions for the analysis.

J. Agric. Food Chem. 46, 431-437 (1998). TLC of transglycosylation products (i.a. glucose, cellobiose, cellotriose, methyl glucoside, ethyl glucoside) on silica gel with 2-propanol - acetic acid - water 7:1:2. Detection of sugars at 120°C after spraying with 10% sulfuric acid.

CBS 94, 14-15 (2005). HPTLC of sucralose on amino phases with acetonitrile - water 4:1 over 70 mm. Stability of sucralose in Burfi, a milk-based confection, was determined over a defined time period. The 2 products of hydrolysis have been monitored as well. Detection by heating for 20 min at 190° C. Quantitative determination by fluorescence measurement under UV 366. Limit of quantitation in the lower ng range.

J. Agric. Food Chem. 64, 9203-9213 (2016). HPTLC of transglycosylated products of epigallocatechin gallate using dextransucrase on silica gel with acetonitrile – water 17:3. Detection by dipping into a mixture of 0.5 % N-(1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine and 5 % sulfuric acid in methanol, followed by heating at 125 °C for 5 min.

J. Chromatogr. A 756, 211-217 (1996). TLC on silica by multiple development with 1-propanol - water mixtures. Investigation of the influence of the solvent composition, the number of developments and the solvent front on the separation of the oligomers. Detection under UV 235 nm, dipping twice in sulfuric acid - water - acetone 1:1:18 for 3 s and heating for 5 min at 80°C, then dipping twice for 3 s in a 0.5% metahydroxydiphenyl reagent in acetone and heating again for 10 min at 100°C. Densitometry at 525 nm. Saturated oligogalacturonic acids up to the nonamer and unsaturated ones up to a degree of polymerizations of 13 were separated five times with 1-propanol - water mixtures in the ratio 14:9 to 28:11.

(Hungarian). (Determination of some components of lactulose isomer-mixture and syrup.) TLC of lactose on silica, impregnated with 3 % boric acid, with ethyl acetate 65 % iso-propanol - benzene - acetic acid -methanol 65:35:20:20:60. Detection with diphenylamine - aniline reagent. Densitometry. Recovery: 95.2-107.2 %.

J. Chromatogr. 262, 299-304 (1983). TLC on silica with a) 1-propanol - water 7:3, b) chloroform - methanol - water 65:25:4, c) chloroform -2-propanol - ethanol - acetic acid 2:2: 3:1. Detection by radioautography.

Jap. Reports of Central Customs Lab. 27, 147-157 (1987) (Kanzei Chuo Bunsenishoho). TLC of various sugars in foods on silica with five solvent systems: 1. chloroform - methanol - water 30:20:4, 2. butanol - acetic acid - water 8:3:2, 3. chloroform - methanol - water 30:15:3, 4. isopropanol - acetic acid - water 4:1:1, 5. butanol - acetic acid - water 4:1:1. Discussion of selection of proper solvent systems for separation and identification of various sugars.