In this study, efforts have been made to develop a simple approach to determine aldehyde content in periodate-oxidized polysaccharides. A UV-Vis analytical technique using 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) was employed to calculate the aldehyde content. When tested against compounds like acetaldehyde and formaldehyde with known aldehyde content, the DNPH method yielded accurate results. The DNPH assay was
Analysis of Aldehydes in Polysaccharides by UV-Vis 339further utilized to analyze the aldehyde generation during periodate oxidation of pectin, a naturally occurring plant polysaccharide. It was found that the DNPH assay was sensitive even at low concentrations of aldehyde and yielded accurate results. Therefore, this method could be used to control and optimize reaction parameters during the periodate oxidation of polysaccharides.