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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline compound, having feeble basic properties, formed artificially in the reduction of indigo-blue by zinc-dust.

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  • noun Alternative form of indole.

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  • Hyman, Mark hypertension hypoglycemia hypothalamus hypothyroidism ideal weight immune system indol indoles inflammation:

    The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007

  • These bad flora are constantly taking in nutrients and creating wastes in the form of indol, skatol, and methane, to name a few.5 Methane is an internally produced toxin that results in gas and bloating.

    The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007

  • A very basic lily of the valley (Diorissimo type) is very green on top (hexenol cis 3 and acetate) than very rosy + indol (quite a lot).

    The Many Colours of White Ayala Sender 2007

  • The main characteristic of "white flower" group is the combination and high amount of 2 ingredients: methyl anthranilate and indol.

    The Many Colours of White Ayala Sender 2007

  • Hyman, Mark hypertension hypoglycemia hypothalamus hypothyroidism ideal weight immune system indol indoles inflammation:

    The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007

  • These bad flora are constantly taking in nutrients and creating wastes in the form of indol, skatol, and methane, to name a few.5 Methane is an internally produced toxin that results in gas and bloating.

    The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007

  • The ever-present bacteria in the stomach are thus permitted to attack the protein and putrefaction commences, rendering nutrients in the protein food largely useless to you and producing toxic wastes and foul gases, including such poisons as indol, skatol, phenol, hydrogen sulphide, phenylpropionic acid, and others.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • For example, various sugars -- lactose, glucose, saccharose, &c. -- are added to test the fermentative action of the bacterium on these substances; litmus is added to show changes in reaction, specially standardized media being used for estimating such changes; peptone solution is commonly employed for testing whether or not the bacterium forms indol; sterilized milk is used as a culture medium to determine whether or not it is curdled by the growth.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

  • Among its constituents are benzyl acetate, linalyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, indol, methyl anthranilate, and a ketone jasmone.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • The chief constituents of the oil are limonene, linalol, linalyl acetate, geraniol, methyl anthranilate, indol, and neroli camphor.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

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