Proteins Flashcards
Biuret Test
Color varies from pink to blue
Proteins, Peptides
Ninhydrin Test
Intense blue or purple compound
Amino Acids, Proteins
Xanthoproteic Test
Orange colored derivative salts
Tyrosine, Tryptophan
Millon’s Test
Old rose-colored complex
Tyrosine
Bromine Water Test
Pinkish lavender complex
Tryptophan
Hopkins-Cole Reaction
Violet complex
Tryptophan
Pauly Reaction
Highly colored dyes (normally red)
Tyrosine, Histidine
Folin’s McCarthy Sullivan Test
Red color
Methionine
Lead Acetate Reaction
Black precipitate
Cysteine, Cystine
Nitroprusside Reaction
Red compound: free sulfhydryl group
Purple: disulfide bonds
Cysteine, Cystine
Sakaguchi Reaction
Red or orange color
Arginine
Schiff’s Test
Magenta color
Lysine
Isatin Test
Blue colored product
Proline