Definition of Indole

1. Noun. (chemistry) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole1. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indole

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Indole

1. 1. 2,3-Benzopyrrole;basis of many biologically active substances (e.g., serotonin, tryptophan); formed in degradation of tryptophan. Synonym: ketole. 2. Any of many alkaloids containing the indole structure. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indole

indoctrinator
indoctrinators
indocyanine green
indocybin
indoeuropeanist
indoeuropeanists
indogen
indogenide
indogenides
indogens
indoin
indolaceturia
indolamine
indolate
indole (current term)
indole-3-acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
indole-3-acetaldehyde reductase
indole-3-acetamide hydrolase
indole-3-acetate beta-glucosyltransferase
indole-3-ethanol oxidase
indole-3-glycerol-phosphate synthase
indole acetic acid
indole test
indoleacetamide hydrolase
indoleacetic
indoleacetic acid
indoleacetic acid-lysine synthetase
indoleacetic acid oxidase
indoleacetic acids

Literary usage of Indole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"It is weakly basic, colours a pine shaving which has been moistened with HC1 cherry-red, gives a red precipitate of nitroso-indole with N203 (a delicate ..."

2. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"Indigo, tryptophan, scatole, indole are natural substances which contain the ... indole. indole was first obtained by the reduction of indigo by ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"indole Production.—Jordan has called attention to the production of indole by ... The indole production by cultures included in this study was tested by ..."

4. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"The greater part of the skatole and indole formed is eliminated by the kidneys in ... indole is formed when albuminous substances are fused with potassium ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann, Joseph Merritt Matthews (1896)
"A methyl-indole, which has been obtained by synthetical means, has an aromatic ... OH, is interesting as a body intermediate between indole and indigotin. ..."

6. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"Toxicity of indole.—Although the toxicity of indole seems to be relatively slight, and this toxicity is further reduced by the conversion of indole into ..."

7. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"TESTS FOR VARIOUS PUTREFACTION PRODUCTS Tests for indole The various tests ... (a) To a dilute aqueous solution of indole (i: 500000) add i drop of a 2 per ..."

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