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Indican vs Indiretin - What's the difference?

indican | indiretin |

In organic compound terms the difference between indican and indiretin

is that indican is an indigo-forming substance found in urine and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin); an indoxyl sulphate of potash while indiretin is a dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

indican

English

Noun

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  • (organic compound) A glucoside obtained from woad and other plants, the source of natural indigo.
  • (organic compound) An indigo-forming substance found in urine and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin); an indoxyl sulphate of potash.

    • Synonyms

    * (indigo-forming substance found in urine) uroxanthin (Webster 1913) ----

    indiretin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.

    • Related terms

    * retinic (Webster 1913)