Thin-layer chromatography for amino-acids and sugars

Although thin-layer chromatography is now an esta- blished and advancing technique in biochemistry (Demole, 1959(Demole, , 1962;; The procedures described below are suggested as simple and rapid means ofdifferentiating amino-acids and sugars in the laboratory. Many com- mercial firms sell excellent but expensive equipment for thin-layer chromatography but this is not essential.