indirubin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From indigo and Latin ruber (red).

Noun[edit]

indirubin (countable and uncountable, plural indirubins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue; a component of Tyrian purple

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