How do you test for starch?
Question asked by: mrquestion
Asked on: 04 Jan 2010
The standard test for starch in biology and so on is to use an iodine solution.
You add a drop of this to what you are trying to test, and if it turns a dark blue colour then this shows that there is starch present.
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