Alkaline copper solution, which is blue in color. When a few drops of sugar solution or urine containing sugar are added after heating the change in color takes place.
A solution used to carry out Benedict’s test.
Copper sulfate dissolved in water containing sodium citrate and sodium carbonate; it is used to test for sugar (glucose) in the urine.
A solution used to test for the presence of sugar. To 173 g sodium or potassium citrate and 100 g anhydrous sodium carbonate (dissolved in 700 ml water) is added 17.3 g crystalline copper sulfate that has been dissolved in 100 ml of water. Sufficient water is added to the mixture to make 1000 ml.
A solution containing a copper salt that can be readily reduced, utilized to detect the presence of glucose in urine.