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  • Lugol's Solution and Lipids: Color Reaction Explained
    Lugol's solution, which is a solution of iodine and potassium iodide, will not change color in the presence of lipids.

    Here's why:

    * Lugol's solution is primarily used to test for the presence of starch. It reacts with starch molecules to form a blue-black complex, thus indicating the presence of starch.

    * Lipids are fats and oils. They do not react with iodine in the way starch does.

    * Other methods are used to detect lipids, such as Sudan III staining which turns lipids a bright red color.

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