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Benedict’s Test- Objectives, Principle, Procedure, Results

April 21, 2020 by Sagar Aryal

Observation (Results) of Benedict’s Test

There are generally two types of sugar namely reducing and non-reducing sugar based on their reducing property. All the monosaccharides are reducing sugars as they have free anomeric carbon in their structure (free aldehyde group or a free ketone group) that can reduce cupric salt. However, in the disaccharides, the monosaccharide unit is linked together by glycosidic linkage formed between …

Carbohydrates – Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Polysaccharides

February 24, 2020June 21, 2019 by Sagar Aryal

Carbohydrates definition Carbohydrates are molecules that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are twice as many hydrogen atoms as carbon or oxygen atoms. The general formula for a carbohydrate can be written as Cx(H2O)y. They act as the source of energy (e.g. glucose), as a store of energy (e.g. starch and glycogen) and as structural units (e.g. cellulose in plants …