Table 2.
Weighted test scoring of the Biomolecule detection methods (X means insignificant).
| Biomolecule | Test name | HS (1) | T (0.9) |
CI (0.8) |
UCI (0.7) | DHC (0.5) |
FP (0.3) | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | Biuret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| Xanthoproteic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.2 | |
| Millon’s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | |
| Ninhydrin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | |
| Carbohydrate | Benedict Solution | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 |
| Seliwanoff’s | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | |
| Barfoed’s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | |
| Molisch’s | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | |
| Iodine/ Lugol’s Solution | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ammonium | Schloesing Method | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Direct Distillation with Magnesium ion | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Litmus Strip test | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |