JAMB - Biology (2021 - No. 14)
Which of the following food substances will produce a brick-red colour when warmed with Benedict's solution?
Glucose
Starch
Egg White
Maltose
توضیح
In lab, we used Benedict's reagent to test for one particular reducing sugar: glucose.
Benedict's reagent starts out aqua-blue. As it is heated in the presence of reducing sugars, it turns yellow to orange.