See Also: Indican(medicine)
indican(dictionary)
metabolic indican(medicine)
plant indican(medicine)

indican (iou)



indican noun. M19.
[from Latin indicum INDIGO + -AN.]
Chemistry.
An indoxyl glucoside occurring in the leaves of woad and indigo plants and yielding indigo on hydrolysis and oxidation. M19.
A substance (orig. thought similar to the above) found in urine, in which it occurs as a product of amino-acid metabolism: (the potassium salt of) indoxylsulphuric acid, C8H6NOSO2OH. M19.
indica'nuria noun (Medicine) the presence of excessive amounts of indican in the urine L19.