Determination of carbohydrates by flow injection with direct chemiluminescence detection

The oxidation of mono- and di-saccharides by permanganate in the presence of Mn-II leads to chemiluminescence, This can be used to determine individual sugars using flow injection giving a linear response over three orders of magnitude, Calibration data for the range 10(-4) to 10(-1) mol dm(-3) are reported for monosaccharides glucose, galactose, fructose, arabinose and xylose, for disaccharides lactose and sucrose, for sugar alcohol mannitol, for glycerol and, for comparison, ascorbic acid.