• British Pharmacopoeia Volume IV
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Starch Mucilage
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Starch Mucilage Triturate 0.5  g of starch or soluble starch with 5  ml of water and add, stirring continuously, to sufficient water to produce about 100  ml. Boil for a few minutes, cool and filter.

Produces a blue colour with free iodine in the presence of a soluble iodide.

It must be recently prepared.