WHILE a large number of reagents have been developed for the differentiation of carbohydrates by chromatography, there is still some difficulty in showing reducing sugars in many biological ...

Aliphatic aldehydes and reducing sugars will form a yellow-to-red precipitate with Benedict's reagent, causing the blue solution to appear green-to-red. This reaction can be used as a test for such ...

Record any change in the colour of the solution. Benedict's solution gradually turns from blue to cloudy orange or brick red when heated with a reducing sugar. Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar and ...