Organic Chemical
indoles Audio
in·doles [ in-dohls ]
Subclass of:
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring
Definitions related to indoles:
  • Benzopyrroles with the nitrogen at the number one carbon adjacent to the benzyl portion, in contrast to ISOINDOLES which have the nitrogen away from the six-membered ring.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (indole compound) Any compound that contains the basic indole structure, an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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