See Also: indoxyl(medicine)
indoxyl(dictionary)
indoxyl esterase(medicine)

indoxyl (iou)



indoxyl noun. L19.
[from INDO-2 + OXY- + -YL.]
Chemistry. A bright yellow soluble crystalline compound, C8H7NO, 3-hydroxyindole, which oxidizes in air to give indigotin; a radical derived from this by loss of the hydroxyl proton.