On the proteid reaction of Adamkiewicz, with contributions to the chemistry of glyoxylic acid

Abstract

In 1874 Adamkiewicz* described the now familiar reaction which results in the production of a violet colour when strong sulphuric acid is added to the solution of a proteid in glacial acetic acid. Adam­kiewicz did not apparently look upon the employment of the acetic acid as introducing anything beyond a certain modification of the action of sulphuric acid.