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indican
Structure:
- hydrolysis yields beta-D-glucose & indoxyl
Physiology:
- idole is absorbed in the intestine & converted to 3-hydroxy indole (indoxyl or indican) in the liver, where it is again conjugated with sulfate or glucoronte for excretion by the kidney
Pathology:
- indicanuria
Laboratory:
- indicans in urine
Related
indicanuria (blue diaper syndrome)
General
glycoside
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- Wikipedia: Indican
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indican
- PubChem: 92769
- PubChem: 258533