indiglucin

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A pale-yellow syrupy mass (C₆H₁₀O₆) obtained from the liquid from which indirubin has been separated, by adding excess of acetate of lead, filtering, and treating with excess of ammonia. This precipitate is decomposed with sulphureted hydrogen and purified with animal charcoal.

Wiktionary

1. n. organic chemistry The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) The variety of sugar (glucose) obtained from the glucoside indican. It is unfermentable, but reduces Fehling's solution.