different between indole vs betalain

English

Etymology

From indigo +? Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??l/

Noun

indole (plural indoles)

1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound, C₈H₇N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.

   Synonym: ketole

2. (organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole₁.

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Adjective

indole (comparative more indole, superlative most indole)

1. (obsolete) guileless

Further reading

• indole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• El Nido, Leonid, Liendo, dienol, doline, elonid, loined, olenid

Italian

Etymology

From Latin indolem, accusative form of indol?s. Compare Spanish and Portuguese índole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in.do.le/
• Hyphenation: ìn?do?le

Noun

indole f (plural indoli)

1. nature, disposition, character

   Synonyms: natura, carattere

References

Latin

Noun

indole

1. ablative singular of indol?s

English

Etymology

Coined to describe the pigments as derivatives from betalamic acid, from Latin b?ta (“beet”), +? -in.

Noun

betalain (plural betalains)

1. A class of red and yellow indole-derived water-soluble pigments found in beets and other plants of the Caryophyllales and used commercially as coloring agents.
   • 1992 — Frank B. Salisbury & Cleon W. Ross, Plant Physiology, 4th ed., p. 325.

     Neither the red betacyanins nor the other kind of betalain pigments, the yellow betaxanthins, are at all structurally related to the anthocyanins, and anthocyanins and betalains do not occur together in the same plant.

   • 2004 — Luisa Tesoriere, Mario Allegra, Daniela Butera, & Maria A. Livrea. "Absorption, excretion, and distribution of dietary anioxidant betalains in LDLs: potential health effects of betalains in humans." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80: 941-945.

     Betalains, known for a long time as safe colorants for food or other industrial purposes, are phytochemicals that were recently classified as antioxidants.

Hyponyms

• (class of red and yellow pigments): betacyanin, betaxanthin

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Anagrams

• Tealiban