Medical Definition of Metabolic indican

1. 1. A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc, it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo. 2. An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Synonym: uroxanthin. See: Indigo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metabolic Indican

metabolic-pathway
metabolic-rate
metabolic acidosis
metabolic alkalosis
metabolic burst
metabolic calculus
metabolic clearance rate
metabolic coma
metabolic cooperation
metabolic coupling
metabolic craniopathy
metabolic disorder
metabolic encephalopathy
metabolic equivalent
metabolic indican (current term)
metabolic mucinosis
metabolic pathway
metabolic pathways
metabolic pool
metabolic process
metabolic rate
metabolic rates
metabolic syndrome
metabolically
metabolically challenged
metabolimeter
metabolin
metabolisable
metabolisation

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