“…On the other hand, complete separation was achieved in one run for positional isomers of di-α-D-glucosyl-γ-CD ((G 1 ) 2 -γ-CD) (Koizumi et al, 1986;Tanimoto et al, 1995), as well as with a mixture of β-CD, α-CD, G1-β-CD, G2-β-CD and (G2)2-β-CD (Yamamoto et al, 1989), or with two distinct columns for α-, β-or γ-CD and their maltosyl grafted derivatives (Shiraishi et al, 1989). 1 H or 13 C NMR was also successfully applied to characterize α-CDs and 6-O-α-glucopyranosyl-to 6-O-αmaltoheptaosyl-α-CD (G 1 -α-CD to G 7 -α-CD) (Ishizuka et al, 2004), as well as for doubly and triply branched glucosyl-CDs ((G1)2/(G1)3-γ-CD) (Koizumi et al, 1986(Koizumi et al, , 1990(Koizumi et al, , 1991Tanimoto et al, 1995), maltosyl-CD (Abe et al, 1988;Okada et al, 1994), or longer branched glucosyl chains. (Hizukuri et al, 1989) While mass spectrometry (MS) is commonly used for the characterization of cyclodextrins (CDs), there are relatively few studies that have focused on the analysis of their glycosyl derivatives.…”