The structure of urorosein
- 1 June 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 51 (3) , 430-432
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0510430
Abstract
Urorosein (a red pigment obtained by the action of mineral acids on the tryptophan oxidation product, indole-3-aldehyde) salts are shown to be derived from di-3-indolymethene and can be prepared either from indole-3-aldehyde or from indole and ethyl orthoformate.Keywords
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- Pigments derived from tryptophan: (1) urorosein, (2) tryptochromeBiochemical Journal, 1950