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Ben·e·dict's solution Pronunciation:
'ben-&-"dik(t)(s)- Function:
noun : a blue solution that contains sodium carbonate, sodiumcitrate, and copper sulfate CuSO
4 and is used to test for reducing sugars in Benedict's test
Benáeádict /'ben-&-"dikt,/ Stanley Rossiter(1884–1936), American chemist. Benedict's major contribution was in analytical biochemistry. His precise techniques for analyzing such biological materials as blood and urine made possiblenew discoveries in the body's chemistry. He explored the significance of his findings both to normal metabolism and to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In 1909 Benedict presented a new methodfor the detection of reducing sugars. It is an improvement and modification of the classical test for sugar in the urine using Fehling's solution.
