Australia is also the only continent that is governed as a single country. It is sometimes informally referred to as an 'island' continent, surrounded by oceans. Our ocean territory is also the third-largest in the world, spanning three oceans and covering around 12 million square kilometres.
Benedict's Reagent is used to detect reducing sugars. What the reagent does is to oxidize aldehydes or alpha hydroxyl ketones. When this happens the color of the reagent turns from blue to colorless by the reduction of copper(II) to Copper(I) that is colorless.
Methods of blood sugar measurement. The earlier method used to measure blood sugar is a chemical method that exploits the ''nonspecific reducing'' property of glucose in a reaction with an indicator substance that changes color when reduced.he earlier method used to measure blood sugar is a chemical method that exploits the ''nonspecific reducing'' property of glucose in a reaction with an indicator substance that changes color when reduced.