Question

What is the use of HCl in the test for carbohydrate?​

Answer 1

Answer:

HCL is added to starch to change it into simpler monomers of glucose. The mechanism behind the working of HCL on starch is called ACID HYDROLYSIS .

Answer 2

Answer:

HCl is mainly used to convert polysaccharides like starch into simpler monosaccharides like glucose as we know in our body everything is broken down into simpler parts so that it can be easily absorbed by our body.

Hence this is for this reason HCl is used