Friday, July 16, 2021

Kastle-Meyer Presumptive Blood Test

 I’m prepping for Fall classes for Co-op.  I ran across the Kassel-Meyer test, a presumptive test for blood.  This is more CSI than a blood type test.  The lab determines if the substance is animal or human blood.  Home Science Tools has a lab kit.  Here are the Wikipedia instructions.  HST sells phenolphthalein; 3% hydrogen peroxide is widely available at Walmart and Dollar Tree.  I’m adding this lab to the blood test series for Bio.

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