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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Isatis Tinctoria (0.01769 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Isatis tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria
n : European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring
matter yielded by its leaves [syn:
dyer's woad]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Isatis Tinctoria
Indican
\In"di*can\, n. [See
Indigo.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Chem.) A glucoside (
C14H17NO6) obtained from woad
(indigo plant,
Isatis Tinctoria) and other plants (see
indigo), as a yellow or light brown sirup. When purified
it is obtained as spear-shaped crystals. It has a nauseous
bitter taste. By the action of acids, enzymes, etc., it
breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of
natural indigo. Chemically it is the 3-glucoside of
indole, H-indol-3-yl-[beta]-D-glucopyranoside.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Physiol. Chem.) An indigo-forming substance, found in
urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red
and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it
is indoxyl sulphate of potash,
C8H6NSO4K, and is derived
from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also
uroxanthin.
[1913 Webster]
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