Presumptive test

Presumptive test

In medical and forensic science, a presumptive test is an analysis of a sample which establishes either:

#The sample is definitely not a certain substance
#The sample probably is the substance.

For example, the Kastle-Meyer test will show that a sample is not blood, or that the sample is probably blood (but it may be one of a range of less common substances). Further chemical testing is required to prove that the substance is blood.

In medicine, a presumptive diagnosis identifies the "likely" condition a patient has.

Examples

*Acid phosphatase test for semen
*Cobalt thiocyanate test‎ for cocaine
*Duquenois-Levine reagent‎ for marijuana
*Kastle-Meyer test for blood
*Malachite green test for blood
*Marquis reagent for narcotics
*Benzidine test for blood which changes from clear to blue in color with the presence of blood


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