Tests For Carbohydrates

TEST REAGENT INFERENCE
1. Fehling’s Solution Test  CuSO4   Black Red Precipitate
2. Benedict’s Test CuSO4 + Na2CO3 Black Red Precipitate 
 3. Tollen’s Reagent Test  Ag + NH3 Ag Mirror Formation 

 4. Barfoed’s Test

      It is used to distinguish between Monosaccharides and Disaccharides

 a solution of cupric acetate and acetic acid
Black Red Precipitate

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