Christen_Thomsen_Barfoed

Christen Thomsen Barfoed

Christen Thomsen Barfoed

Danish chemist


Christen Thomsen Barfoed (16 June 1815 – 30 April 1889) was a Danish chemist credited with the development of a method to detect monosaccharide sugars in a solution, now known as the Barfoed's test.[1][2] Barfoed is also credited with having introduced systematic chemical analyses in Danish agricultural sciences.[3]

Christen Thomsen Barfoed

References

  1. C. Barfoed (1873). "Über die Nachweisung des Traubenzuckers neben Dextrin und verwandten Körpern". Fresenius' Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie. 12 (1): 27. doi:10.1007/BF01462957. S2CID 95749674.

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