Overall, from this experiment the identity of every unknown carbohydrates and their categories can be found by using different types of reagent based on their functions and properties. Observations from every test are very important to distinguish the unknown carbohydrates into their relative categories such as monosaccharide, reducing sugar, pentoses, etc. Furthermore, reagents that react with the components in the unknown carbohydrates mainly the functional groups, for example : aldehyde group (-CH=O) and hydroxyl group ( -OH) can produce various outcomes at the end of the test like precipitation and change in colour which are also crucial in the identification of the unknown carbohydrates.
