Analyte Analytical method Comments Matrix LOD Ref
Proline Colorimetry Coloring reagent-acid ninhydrin AtriplexhalimusL.   [18]
  Colorimetry Coloring reagent-isatin Grape juice and wine   [65]
  Colorimetry Coloring reagent-acid ninhydrin Soybean and sorghum   [64]
  GCMS MSTFA Grapes   [143]
  GCMS MTBSTFA Alfalfa plants   [67]
  HPLC-UV C18,dansylated derivatives Sorghum bicolour   [83]
  RP-HPLC-UV 245 nm, phenylthiocarbamyl derivatives, Alfalfa   [144]
  HPLC-UV Ninhydrin derivatives Tomato pollen   [21]
  HPLC-UV FMOC Grape juice and wine   [65]
  HPLC-UV FMOC Pantoea agglomerans   [85]
  HPLC-UV OPA Spinach leaves   [58]
  HPLC-MS Ligand exchange chromatography, electrospray Ionisation ms Oak leaves   [32]
  CE-MS   Arabidopsis thaliana   [96]
Betaine Colorimetry Dragendorff'reagent for visualisation,TLC,PC for removal of interferences Halophytes   [99]
  Colorimetry Ammonium reineckates Sugar beet   [103]
  Thin layer electrophoresis+scanning reflectance densitometry Plates sprayed with dragendorff reagent     [39]
  GC-pyrolysis FID detection Cereals and other grasses   [41]
  GC-pyrolysis FID detection Barley plants   [106]
  HPLC-UV Ion exchange column, diode array spectrophotometer set at 195 nm Spinach   [58]
  HPLC-UV 4-isophenyl trifoliate, silica column Green gram   [16]
  HPLC-UV Reverse phase column Altriplexhalimus L   [18]
  HPLC-ELSD Hilic column Fructuslycii   [97]
  CE-UV CZE mode, 195nm Eighteen different species   [35]
  MEKC-UV p-bromophenacyl esters Eighteen different species   [35]
  CZE-UV p-bromophenacyl esters Higher plants   [114]
  NMR Spectroscopy Arabidopsis thaliana   [96]
  NMR Spectroscopy Barely   [115]
  NMR Spectroscopy Rice plants    [118]
  NMR Spectroscopy Tobacco   [9]
  FABMS   Sugarcane and its relatives   [43]
  FABMS   Tobacco   [44]
  FABMS   Limonium species   [46]
  FABMS   Higher plants   [104]
  HPLC-RI   Pantoea agglomerans   [85]
Mannitol Colorimetry Chromotropic acid for coloration Fungi and green plants   [132]
  HPLC-PAD Anion exchange chromatography Yeast   [145]
  HPLC-PAD Anion exchange chromatography Tobacco   [134]
  HP anion exchange electrospray MS Anion exchange chromatography Poplar leaves   [135]
proline+betaine HPLC-PAD Anion exchange column Oak leaves   [32]
proline+betaine CE-UV Low wavelength 195nm higher plants   [35]
proline+betaine HNMR Spectroscopy Barely leaves     [118]
proline+mannitol GCMS Derivatisation with MSTFA and TMCS Potato tubers   [70]
proline+betaine+mannitol HPLC-ELSD RP column Halophytes   [6]
proline+betaine CE-UV Indirect detection Spinach leaves, beet root   [7]
proline+betaine+mannitol HPLC-UV Low wavelength 195nm Peanut, Melaleuca and cotton   [61]
Table 2: Analytical methods reported for the analysis of proline, betaine and mannitol.