Qualitative Tests For Carbohydrates Flashcards
Molisch
General test for CHO
Alpha- napthol + sulfuric acid
Violet ring at the junction
Anthrone
General test for CHO
Anthrone
Green color
Fehling’s
Reducing sugar
Copper sulfate and Na-K tartrate
Brick red ppt
Benedict’s
Reducing sugar
Copper sulfate + sodium carbonate + sodium citrate
Brick red ppt
Barfoed’s
Reducing sugar (differentiates mono and di)
Copper sulfate + acetic acid
Brick red ppt (<5 mins for mono; >15 mins for di)
Tollen’s
Reducing sugar
Ammoniacal silver nitrate
Silver mirror
Mallard’s
Reducing sugar
Amino acids
Brown color
Seliwanoff’s
Ketoses
Resorcinol, HCl
Pink/ cherry red
Bial’s
Pentoses
Orcinol, HCl
Blue green color
Tollen’s Phloroglucinol
Pentoses
Phloroglucinol
Red color
Iodine
Starch, glycogen
Iodine
Starch: blue
Glycogen: red
Mucic acid
Nitric acid
Galactose
White insoluble crystals (galactaric/ mucic acid
Osazone/ Kowarsky
ID of sugars
Phenylhydrazine
Yellow orange crystals of different shapes
Osazone/ Kowarsky for glucose
Needle shaped
Osazone/ Kowarsky for fructose
Needle shaped