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Molisch's Test (named after Austrian botanist Hans Molisch) is a sensitive chemical test for the presence of carbohydrates, based on the dehydration of the carbohydrate by sulfuric acid to produce an aldehyde, which condenses with two molecules of phenol (usually α-naphthol, though other phenols (e.g. resorcinol, thymol) also give colored products) resulting in a red- or purple-colored compound.

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Molisch's test uses dehydration of carbohydrates via sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid to test for carbohydrates. Practical applications may include things labeled as "sugar-free", testing that the material in question really is sugar-free by testing for those sugars.

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it serves as biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution.

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A molish test is a sensitive chemical test for carbohydrates. It is based on dehydration by sulfuric acid which condenses into two molecules of phenol.

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The Molisch test is used to detect saccharides.

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Molisch's test is used to identify carbohydrates.

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