Biology Forum › Cell Biology › how glucose reduces Benedict’s solution?
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- January 23, 2006 at 12:12 am #3309
elen123ParticipantCan anyone answer this question please. Glucose is usually represented as a ring structure. How is possible that it can still reduce Benedict’s solution?
- January 23, 2006 at 12:25 pm #38186victorParticipant
Beside the ring structure (Haworth stucture), glucose can also be represented in conventional way and if you see it carefully, there’s an aldehyde molecular function at one of it’s tip..that aldehyde structure (-CHO) can reduce benedict solution..:wink:
- January 23, 2006 at 8:59 pm #38246elen123Participant
Thanks a lot.
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