2.5.1. Thin layer chromatography
An aliquot of 1 lL of syrup solution (100 mg mL1) was applied
to a silica gel TLC plate with aluminium support. The TLC plate was
developed in a solvent system of butanol/propanol/water (Kanaya,
Chiba, & Shimomura, 1978) and sprayed with aniline/diphenylamine/
phosphoric acid reagent in acetone for carbohydrate visualisation
(Anderson, Li, & Li, 2000).