“…1 chromatography paper using ethyl acetate-pyridine-water (8:2:1, v/v) as the solvent system (Rendig et al, 1964) or on MN300 cellulose thin-layer chromatography plates (Macherey-Nagel, Diiren, Germany) using formic acid--methyl ethyl ketone-tert.-butanol--water (15 : 30 : 40 : 15, v/v) (Vomhof & Tucker, 1951) as the solvent system. The sugars were detected with orcinol (Bevenue & Williams, 1951), aniline (McCready & McComb, 1954), or silver nitrate (Trevelyan et al, 1950) reagents.…”