Chemical test

In chemistry, a chemical test is qualitative or semi-quantitative procedure designed to prove the existence of a chemical compound or chemical group with the aid of a specific reagent. A presumptive test is specifically used in medical science.

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Biochemical tests

• Clinistrips quantitatively test for sugar in urine
• The Kastle-Meyer test tests for the presence of blood
• Salicylate testing is a category of drug testing that is focused on detecting salicylates such as acetysalicylic acid for either biochemical or medical purposes.
• Iodine solution tests for starch
• The Van Slyke determination tests for specific amino acids
• The Zimmermann test for Ketosteroids
• Seliwanoff's_test for differentiating between aldose and ketose sugars

Reducing sugars

• Barfoed's test tests for reducing monosaccharides or disaccharides
• Benedict's reagent tests for reducing sugars or aldehydes
• Fehling's solution tests for reducing sugars or aldehydes, similar to Benedict's reagent

Proteins and polypeptides

• The Bicinchoninic acid assay tests for proteins
• Biuret reagent tests for proteins and polypeptides
• Bradford protein assay measures protein quantitatively

Organic tests

• The Carbylamine reaction tests for primary amines
• The Griess test tests for organic nitrite compounds
• The Iodoform reaction tests for the presence of methyl ketones, or compounds which can be oxidized to methyl ketones
• The Schiff test detects aldehydes
• Tollens' reagent (Silver Mirror) tests for aldehydes
• The Zeisel determination tests for the presence of esters or ethers
• Lucas' reagent is used to determine mainly between primary, secondary and teriary alcohols.

Inorganic tests

• Barium chloride tests for sulfates
• The Beilstein test tests for halides qualitatively
• Borax bead test tests for certain metals
• The Carius halogen method measures halides quantitatively
• Chemical test for cyanide tests for the presence of cyanide, CN^-
• Copper sulfate tests for presence of water
• Flame tests test for metals
• The Gilman test tests for the presence of a Grignard reagent
• The Kjeldahl method quantitatively determines the presence of nitrogen
• Nessler's reagent tests for the presence of ammonia
• Ninhydrin tests for ammonia or primary amines
• The sodium fusion test tests for the presence of nitrogen, sulfur, and halides in a sample
• The Zerewitinoff determination tests for any acidic hydrogen