Emartlie R. Lasta BSMT2-A
BIOCHEMISTRY PROJECT: EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING CARBOHYDRATES

To: Mr. Rey P. So-ong

Barfoed's Test



Shows positive test for:

Reducing monosaccharides


Reactions:

Reducing monosaccharides are oxidized by the copper ion in solution to form a carboxylic acid and a reddish precipitate of copper (I) oxide within three minutes. Reducing disaccharides undergo the same reaction, but do so at a slower rate.






How to perform the test:

One ml of a

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