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Clinical pharmacy PharmD program Third level Phytochemistry-1 (PG-504)

ii) With hexoses the reaction proceeds in 2 steps first hydroxymethyl-

furfuraldehyde is obtained but this rapidly decomposes giving laevulinic
acid which is not steam volatile, this affords a means for the estimation of
pentoses in the presence of hexoses.

3. Phloroglucin / HCl test ( For Pentoses ).

4. Acetone test .

Special tests

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