indole alkaloid

noun

Etymology

From indole + alkaloid.

  1. derived from قلي
  2. derived from alcali
  3. borrowed from alcali
  4. formed as alkaloid — “alkali + -oid
  5. formed as indole alkaloid — “indole + alkaloid

Definitions

  1. An alkaloid that contains an indole structure (a bicyclic structure made up of a…

    An alkaloid that contains an indole structure (a bicyclic structure made up of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring).

    • The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for indole alkaloid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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