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Paper Electrophoresis of Polyhydric Alcohols

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THE polyhydric alcohols or polyols are a group of carbohydrates important both biologically and industrially. Apart from laborious column techniques1, there is no satisfactory micro-method available for the resolution of mixtures of hexitols (sugar alcohols) by themselves or, in particular, in the presence of hexoses.

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GROSS, D. Paper Electrophoresis of Polyhydric Alcohols. Nature 176, 362–363 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176362a0

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