Alpha-amino acids react with ninhydrin on warming to give a coloured product. The colour is

Agreen
Bbright red
Cblue-violet (purple)
Dyellow

Answer: C

Ninhydrin reacts with the free alpha-amino group of amino acids to give a blue-violet (Ruhemann purple) product. This is the standard test for alpha-amino acids.

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