indican

Structure

• hydrolysis yields beta-D-glucose & indoxyl

Pathology

• indicanuria

Physiology

• idole is absorbed in the intestine & converted to 3-hydroxy indole (indoxyl or indican) in the liver, where it is again conjugated with sulfate or glucoronte for excretion by the kidney

Laboratory

• indicans in urine

More general terms

• glycoside

Additional terms

• indicanuria (blue diaper syndrome)

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=92769
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=258533