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Overview
Orcinol, ferric chloride and HCl reagent for Bial's test for pentose sugars.
Product description
Bial's reagent is a solution of orcinol and ferric chloride in concentrated hydrochloric acid. It is used in Bial's test, a colour test that tells pentose sugars apart from hexoses.
When a sample containing a pentose is heated with the reagent, the pentose dehydrates to furfural, which reacts with orcinol and iron(III) to give a blue-green colour. Hexoses give a different, muddy brown colour. The test is used in teaching and clinical chemistry labs and to detect RNA, whose sugar is ribose.
The reagent is corrosive because of its hydrochloric acid content.
Supplied from Barka to customers across Oman. Tell us the grade, quantity and delivery site and we will send a quote.
Applications
Bial's Reagent: 300 mg of orcinol is dissolved in 5 ml ethanol. Add 3.5 ml of this mixture to 100ml of 0.1% solution of FeCL3. 6H2O. The reagent thus formed is to be stored in a dark bottle and used within a couple of hours.
Dosage
Bial's reagent consists of 0.4 g orcinol, 200 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 0.5 ml of a 10% solution of ferric chloride.
Also known as
BIAL'S REAGENT(ORCINOL REAGENT), BIAL'S REAGENT, ORCINOL REAGENT
Where we supply
Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.
Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.
Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.
Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah), India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), Kenya (Nairobi) and Canada, and we also supply to South Africa.
