indole
Ball-and-stick model of indole molecule. Black balls represent carbon atoms; the blue ball represents a nitrogen atom; and white balls represent hydrogen atoms.
Meanings
Noun
- 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.
- Any of the derivatives of indole1.
Adjective
Related
Narrower meaning words
- acemetacin
- atevirdine
- cediranib
- dirlotapide
- dolasetron
- gramine
- indalpine
- indican
- indoleamine
- indolequinone
- indometacin
- indoxyl
- isoindole
- mebhydrolin
- monatin
- naltrindole
- oxametacin
- paxilline
- pindolol
- ramosetron
- sertindole
- sumatriptan
- tenidap
- tropisetron
Origin
Modern English dictionary
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