indole alkaloid

noun

An alkaloid that contains an indole structure (a bicyclic structure made up of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring).

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Meanings

nounindole alkaloid (plural indole alkaloids)

plural indole alkaloids

  1. An alkaloid that contains an indole structure (a bicyclic structure made up of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring).

    The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids.

    1990, Song Liu, Syntheses of Aspidosperma Alkaloids, page 2

Origin

From indole + alkaloid.

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