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Reducing sugar

Codex (@codex,  0) Chemistry Chemical substance Carbohydrate Sugar
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A sugar capable of reducing a suitable oxidizing reagent under the stated test conditions; glucose is an example, but a positive test is not specific to it.
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    • Fehling's test Reducing sugar
    • Fehling's reagent Reducing sugar

Fehling's test

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Reducing sugar
A test named after Hermann von Fehling. Heating with Fehling's reagent can produce copper(I) oxide from reducing sugars; several different substances can give a positive result.

Fehling's reagent

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Reducing sugar
An alkaline copper(II)–tartrate reagent used in a Fehling's test.

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