Describe any test distingushed sugar from starch
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Distinguishing glucose from starch. A test to distinguish starch from glucose is to shine a beam of light through 'solutions' of each. ... A chemical test for starch is to add iodine solution (yellow/brown) and look for a colour change. In the presence of starch, iodine turns a blue/black colour.
Distinguishing glucose from starch. A test to distinguish starch from glucose is to shine a beam of light through 'solutions' of each. ... A chemical test for starch is to add iodine solution (yellow/brown) and look for a colour change. In the presence of starch, iodine turns a blue/black colour
No iii ) Is iodine test suitable to distinguish starch from sucrose? Explain why. Yes because iodine dissolved in aqueous solution of potassium iodide, reacts with starch producing a purple black colour.
In lab, we used Benedict's reagent to test for one particular reducing sugar: glucose. Benedict's reagent starts out aqua-blue. As it is heated in the presence of reducing sugars, it turns yellow to orange. The "hotter" the final color of the reagent, the higher the concentration of reducing sugar.