INDOLE
Indol - definition from Biology-Online.org
[(Science: physiology) a white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora. Origin: indigo _ -ol of phenol.
MediLexicon indole - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'indole'
[1. basis of many biologically active substances (serotonin, tryptophan); formed in degradation of tryptophan.2. Any of many alkaloids containing the indole (1) structure.
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