indican
Americannoun
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a glucoside, C 14 H 17 NO 6 , that occurs in plants yielding indigo and from which indigo is obtained.
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Biochemistry. indoxyl potassium sulfate, C 8 H 6 NO 4 SK, a component of urine.
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Etymology
Origin of indican
Example Sentences
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The blue dye, indigo, is derived from a glucoside of an entirely different type, known as indican.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
The amount of indican in the urine is taken as a measure of the intensity of the putrefaction taking place in the body.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
Tests for the presence of albumen, sugar, and possibly indican in the urine, should be made by the nurse.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
An expression of a surplus of one, at least, of these decomposition products is the appearance of indican in the urine.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
Many of the natural glucosides have marked therapeutic properties and are largely used as medicines; others are the mother-substances for brilliant dyes; for example, indican, from which indigo is obtained, and the alizarin glucosides.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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