Chemical investigations of two specimens of Trikentrion flabelliforme collected from Australian waters have resulted in the identification of four new indole alkaloids, trikentramides A-D (9-12). The planar chemical structures for 9-12 were established following analysis of 1D/2D NMR and MS data. The relative configurations for 9-12 were determined following the comparison of (1)H NMR data with...

Recent interest in tryptophan metabolism has been stimulated by evidence that tryptophan is a precursor of nicotinic acid in mammals (1) as well as in Neurospora CTUSSU (2). The formation of kynurenine, kynurenic acid, and xanthurenic acid from tryptophan has been demonstrated by numerous experiments (3-5) and has been confirmed by isotope technique in the case of kynurenine and kynurenic acid ...

T158 In the course of study on photoreduction of ferricytochrome c, transient absorptions of photolyzed indole were found over the range 600-800 nm, where usually the absorption of hydrated electrons is observed. The assignment of the absorptions was achieved by comparing the rate constants for decay of the absorptions found in this work with those for the absorp tions already assigned and repo...

The heme enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) was found to catalyze the oxidation of indole by H(2)O(2), with generation of 2- and 3-oxoindole as the major products. This reaction occurred in the absence of O(2) and reducing agents and was not inhibited by superoxide dismutase or hydroxyl radical scavengers, although it was strongly inhibited by L-Trp. The stoichiometry of the reaction indi...

The crystal structures of four indole derivatives with various substituents at the 2-, 3- and 5-positions of the ring system are described, namely, ethyl 3-(5-chloro-2-phenyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-3-phenyl-propano-ate, C25H22ClNO2, (I), 2-bromo-3-(2-nitro-1-phenyl-eth-yl)-1H-indole, C16H13BrN2O2, (II), 5-meth-oxy-3-(2-nitro-1-phenyl-eth-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-indole, C23H20N2O3, (III), and 5-chloro-3-(2-nitr...

The recently reported growth-promoting ability of 3-methyl-eneoxindole was examined in order to test the hypothesis that indole-3-acetic acid acts as a growth promoter only after oxidative conversion to 3-methyleneoxindole. Methyleneoxindole was synthesized from indole-3-acetic acid and N-bromosuccinimide, and its identity was confirmed by ultraviolet absorption, infrared absorption, mass spect...

In the title compounds, C12H12N2O2, (I), and C17H14N2O2, (II), respectively, the indole rings are planar and the vinyl groups lie out of the indole planes, making dihedral angles of 33.48 (5) and 41.31 (8) degrees , respectively. In (II), the dihedral angle between the phenyl and indole ring planes is 32.06 (6) degrees . In both molecules, the double bond connecting the methylnitrovinyl group a...

Some strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum have the ability to catabolize indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Examination of this catabolism in strain 110 by in vivo experiments has revealed an enzymatic activity catalyzing the degradation of IAA and 5-hydroxy-indole-3-acetic acid. The activity requires addition of the substrates for induction and is oxygen dependent. The highest activity is obtained whe...

Indole is a benzopyrrole in which the benzene and pyrrole rings are fused through the 2-and 3-positions of the pyrrole nucleus. The indole derivatives are very much used as anticonvulsant agents. In the same context, several indole derivatives were prepared by the reaction between indole-3carboxaldehyde and various p-substituted phenylsemicarbazides, in the presence of glacial acetic acid. The ...

The article includes a review of available literature sources on toxicology research and the use indole its derivatives. Indole - benzo[β]pyrrole, with molecular weight 117.18, these are colorless crystals that have weak smell naphthalene. Under various conditions chem-ical interaction, it easily forms many biologically active compounds