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Indole vs Vincamine - What's the difference?

indole | vincamine |

As nouns the difference between indole and vincamine

is that indole is 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 while vincamine is an indole alkaloid used as a peripheral vasodilator to increase blood flow to the brain.

indole

English

(wikipedia indole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) 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.
  • (chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole1.

    • Derived terms

    * azaindole * indoleacetic acid * indoleamine * indolebutyric acid * isoindole

    Hyponyms

    * acemetacin * atevirdine * cediranib * dirlotapide * dolasetron * gramine * indalpine * indican * indoleamine * indolequinone * indometacin * indoxyl * isoindole * mebhydrolin * monatin * naltrindole * oxametacin * paxilline * pindolol * ramosetron * sertindole * sumatriptan * tenidap * tropisetron

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    vincamine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia vincamine) (-)
  • An indole alkaloid used as a peripheral vasodilator to increase blood flow to the brain.