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The Benedict test is useful for monosaccharides and disaccharides.

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Q: Does Benedict test indicate monosaccharides polysaccharides and disaccharides?
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How can you tell by using iodine if a sugar is a monosaccharide disaccharide or polysaccharide?

Adding iodine to the solution will turn it a deep blue which indicate presence of polysaccharides.


How does Benedicts test indicate hydrolysis of sucrose and starch?

Benedict 's solution contains Copper , which can accept electrons from reducing sugars and consequently change color. A positive Benedict's sugar test will produce an orange to brick-red color. Reducing sugars have either a free aldehyde functional group or a free ketone functional group as part of their molecular structure; starches and other polysaccharides lack these functional groups . If Benedict's test changes color ( pos. reaction ) polysaccharides must be hydrolyzed.


Would you be able to distiguish maltose from lactose in a unknown sample from doing barfoed's test?

Both maltose aswell as lactose are disaccharides, where maltose is made up of two glucose units, whereas lactose is made up of 1 unit of glucose and 1 unit of galactose. Barfoed's test answers only for mono and disaccharides. Presence of red precipitate would indicate a positive result for monosaccharides. Thus doing Barfoed's test does not distinguish between maltose and galactose since both are disaccharides.


What does a negative Benedicts test indicate?

A negative Benedict's test would indicate that there isn't any presence of reducing sugars in that particular substance.


Would glucose solution produce a positive Benedicts test?

No, Benedicts reagent will show positive results if the carbohydrate is a reducing sugar. You will know if it is positive if the sample will turn from blue to green then to orange when you are cooling the solution, which is the last step when you are performing the benedicts test for carbohydrates.


What does a positive Benedict test indicate?

Benedict's solution is originally blue. Any change in color indicates presence of a reducing sugar. The intensity in color change is proportional to the concentration of the sugar. If there is enough sugar, the color changes from blue to green to yellow to orange to brick red.


What does iodine and Benedict's test indicate?

Iodine tests for the presence of starch. It is brownish yellow in color if there is no starch present, and bluish black if starch is present. Benedict's solution is used to test for the presence of a reducing sugar, changing from its usual color blue to green to brick red if reducing sugars are present. No reducing sugar solution stays blue.


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What do you understand by D and L forms of mono saccharides?

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