| Appearance |
White crystalline powder
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Solubility |
Freely soluble in water, sparingly soluble in ethanol (95 per cent)
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| Identification 'A' |
When heated it melts, swells up and burns and an odour of burnt sugar is perceptible
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Identification 'B' |
A copious red precipitate is formed with potassium cupri tartrate solution
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| Appearance and odour of solution |
Solution is clear not more intensly coloured than refrence solution BYS7 and odourless
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Acidity or alkalinity |
NMT 0.15 ml of 0.1M NaOH is required to change the colur of solution to pink
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| Specific optical rotation |
+52.5° to +53.3°
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Arsenic (As) |
Max 0.0001%
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| Barium (Ba) |
To pass IP test
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Foreign sugars, soluble starch and dextrins |
To pass IP test
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| Bacterial endotoxin |
Not more than 0.5 Endotoxin unit/ ml of a 5 % w/v solution
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