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MeSH Heading: Indican
Tree Number(s): D03.633.100.473.393
Unique ID: D007200
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007200
Annotation: do not confuse with indican, a glycoside from plants yielding indigo (index under GLYCOSIDES)
Scope Note: A substance occurring in the urine of mammals and also in blood plasma as the normal metabolite of tryptophan. An increased urinary excretion of indican is seen in Hartnup disease from the bacterial degradation of unabsorbed tryptophan.
Entry Term(s): 1H-Indol-3-ol Hydrogen Sulfate Ester; Indican Monopotassium Salt; Indican Monosodium Salt; Indoxyl Sulfate
Related Numbers: 2642-37-7; 487-94-5; 79395-72-5
CAS Type 1 Name: 1H-Indol-3-ol, hydrogen sulfate (ester)
See Also: Hartnup Disease
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0011222
Related Numbers: 2642-37-7; 487-94-5; 79395-72-5
Scope Note: A substance occurring in the urine of mammals and also in blood plasma as the normal metabolite of tryptophan. An increased urinary excretion of indican is seen in Hartnup disease from the bacterial degradation of unabsorbed tryptophan.
Terms: Indican Preferred Term
Term UI T021578
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 1H-Indol-3-ol Hydrogen Sulfate Ester
Term UI T021579
Date11/13/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Indoxyl Sulfate
Term UI T021580
Date11/13/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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