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Q: What is a positive test result for starch?
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Why starch does not give with fehling test?

Starch doesnot give positive result for Fehling's test as it does not have a free hemiacetal group


Does starch gives positive result for Benedict test?

Starch is made up of repeating glucose units. Though it is a non reducing sugar, its hydrolysis gives out pure glucose, which is known as dextrose. And glucose, as we know, is a reducing sugar and hence would give a positive result in Benedict's test.


How will bean seeds give a positive test for starch?

The seed uses the starch until it become an adult plant or in other words, until it is fully grown to produce its own food. Inside the cotyledon, starch is present and thus, gives a positive result for starch :)


Why would a negative iodine test for starch indicate a positive result for the enzymatic degradation of starch by amylase?

Perhaps the iodine solution was old and gave a false negative.


What conclusion can you draw when an experimental sample gives both a positive starch and a positive maltose test after incubation?

The maltose positive test will have a degree of how positive, it is. That will tell you how much of the starch has been digested.


What conclusions can you draw when an experimental sample gives both a positive starch test and a positive maltose test after incubation?

Starch digestion (hydrolysis) is incomplete


Does chicken broth test positive for starch?

No, it doesn't.


Is glucose expected to have a positive iodine test?

No, Starch is


Why use iodine solution to test for starch?

The test is positive with starch because the iodine takes up a position in the centre of the starch helix which is blue black.


Is E. coli positive or negative for starch agar test?

E.coli does not digest the starch on a starch agar plate, therefore it does not produce amylase making it negative.


What is the positive result for sakaguchi test?

A red color is the positive result>


What solution is use to test starch?

Iodine-KI reagent. Add to the substance being tested directly. Result: If positive, Turns Blue/Black If negative, (absence of starch) Solution remains orange/yellow.