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Created by: Morgan Baines
Created on: 03-04-12 14:55

1. What is the test for starch?

Boiling with hydrochloric acid, cooling and nutralising with sodium hydrogencarbonate solution or sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and repeating the Benedict
Adding ethanol
Adding drops of iodine solution
Adding Benedict
Adding biuret regent

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2. What is the test for proteins?

Adding ethanol
Boiling with hydrochloric acid, cooling and nutralising with sodium hydrogencarbonate solution or sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and repeating the Benedict
Adding drops of iodine solution
Adding biuret regent
Add Benedict

3. What is the test for lipids?

Boiling with hydrochloric acid, cooling and nutralising with sodium hydrogencarbonate solution or sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and repeating the Benedict
Adding biuret regent
Add Benedict
Adding ethanol
Adding drops of iodine solution

4. What is the test for reducing sugars?

Adding biuret regent
Add Benedict
Boiling with hydrochloric acid, cooling and nutralising with sodium hydrogencarbonate solution or sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and repeating the Benedict
Adding ethanol
Adding drops of iodine solution

5. What is the test for non-reducing sugars

Boiling with hydrochloric acid, cooling and nutralising with sodium hydrogencarbonate solution or sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and repeating the Benedict
Adding drops of iodine solution
Add Benedict
Adding ethanol
Adding biuret regent

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Report Wed 11th October, 2023 @ 11:54

Very useful when I test myself before a quiz

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