单词 | indole |
释义 | indolen. Chemistry. a. A crystallizable substance (C8H7N), called also ketole, formed in large shining colourless laminæ, having a peculiar but not very powerful odour; it is obtained artificially by reduction of indigo-blue, and occurs in small quantities in human excrement. The plural indoles is applied to alkylated derivatives of indole. indole group, a name for the group including indole, isatin, indigo, and related compounds and derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic compounds > [noun] > heterocyclic compounds > containing nitrogen > indoles indole1869 1869 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. (new ed.) xxxix. 390 Indol is a crystalline substance which forms the starting-point of the indigo series. 1872 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 733 Indol, C8H7N..may be regarded as the nucleus of the indigo-group. 1881 H. Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. ii. 1089 The clear ethereal solution leaves on distillation a reddish oil with the characteristic smell of indole. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Indol..when fused with potash forms aniline, and when in solution forms with ozone indigo-blue. 1892 M. M. P. Muir & H. F. Morley Watts' Dict. Chem. Indole. b. indoleacetic acid n. any of the seven isomeric acetic acid derivatives, C8H6N·CH2COOH, of indole; esp. the one having the acetic acid side-chain substituted in the 3- (or β-) position, which is an important natural growth hormone in plants. ΚΠ 1886 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 50 806 Methylindoleacetic acid, NHC6H4CMeC.CH2.COOH, is prepared by heating phenylhydrazinelevulinic acid..with zinc chloride. 1957 New Biol. 23 17 Among the naturally occurring auxins, β-indoleacetic acid is widely, if not perhaps universally, distributed in the higher plants. 1958 Plant Physiol. XXXIII. 317 (table) Relative activity of indole-4-acetic acid (I-4-AA) on Avena coleoptile sections, and test for interaction with indole-3-acetic acid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † indoleadj. Obsolete. rare. Guileless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent simple?c1225 innocenta1382 simple-hearted?c1425 unsubtlea1500 indolec1550 naïfc1598 sacklessa1600 plain-hearted1601 unnooked1602 unguileful1604 onefold1606 naivea1614 innocentious1624 innocential1628 excuseless1640 uncrafty1647 craftless1650 ingenuousa1662 innocentive1661 unartful1703 artless1714 ingénue1848 blue-eyed1903 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 99 His ȝongest sone beniemyn vas indole and innocent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1869adj.c1550 |
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