- Liebermann-Burchard test
- (for cholesterol) dissolve the sample in chloroform and add acetic anhydride plus concentrated sulfuric acid; cholesterol can be quantitated by the intensity of the resulting blue-green color.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Liebermann-Burchard test
Look at other dictionaries:
Liebermann-Burchard test (reaction) — Lie·ber·mann Bur·chard test (reaction) (leґbər mahn burkґhahrd) [Carl Theodore Liebermann, German chemist, 1842–1914; H. Burchard, German chemist, 19th century] see under test … Medical dictionary
Liebermann-Burchard reaction — Lie·ber·mann Bur·chard reaction lē bər mən bu̇r .kärt n a test for unsaturated steroids (as cholesterol) and triterpenes based on the formation of a series of colors (as pink to blue to green) with acetic anhydride in the presence of concentrated … Medical dictionary
liebermann-burchard reaction — ˈlēbərmənˈbu̇(ə)rˌkärt noun Usage: usually capitalized L&B Etymology: after Karl T. Liebermann died 1914 German chemist and H. Burchard, 19th century German chemist : a test for unsaturated steroids (as cholesterol) and triterpenes based on the… … Useful english dictionary
Burchard-Liebermann test — Liebermann Burchard t … Medical dictionary
Liebermann-Reaktion — Lie|ber|mann Re|ak|ti|on [nach dem dt. Chemiker C. T. Liebermann (1842–1914)]: 1) Liebermann Anthrachinon Test: Anthrachinonnachweis in Gestalt einer blutroten Färbung beim Kochen der natronalkalischen Probenlösung mit Zinkstaub; 2) Liebermann… … Universal-Lexikon
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
Burchard — H., 19th century German chemist. See B. Liebermann reaction, Liebermann B. test … Medical dictionary
Liebermann — Leo von S., Hungarian physician, 1852–1926. See Burchard L. reaction, L. Burchard test … Medical dictionary
Réaction de Liebermann — La réaction de Liebermann Burchard est une réaction chimique principalement utilisée comme test révélateur du cholestérol et plus généralement des phénols. Elle a été décrite initialement par Carl Liebermann[1] puis appliquée à la révélation du… … Wikipédia en Français
cholesterol test — see specifc tests, including Liebermann Burchard t. and Salkowski t. (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
