Protiens Flashcards
What are protiens
Protiens are essential nutrients for the body
whitch are one of the building blocks of body tissue
What’s step 1 of testing for protien in foods
Take a small quantity of a source of protien - beans , poultry
What’s step 2
Mash the beans as finely as possible
What’s step 3
Add a few drops of copper sulfate solution
What is copper sulfate
Coper sulfate is a fungicide used to controll bacterial and fungal diseases on fruit , vegetable, nut and field crops
What’s step 4
Then add a few drops of sodium hydroxide solution
What’s sodium hydroxide solution
Sodium hydroxide is a very irritant and corrosive liquid
and a main ingredient for drain and oven cleaners
What’s step 5
If the substance turns purple then it confirms that there is protien in the substance