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indican

Summary

indican is a type of chemical entity[1]. indican ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • indican's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • indican's chemical structure is recorded as Indican.png[4].
  • indican's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 487-60-5[5].
  • indican's EC number is recorded as 610-433-2[6].
  • indican's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CN2)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O[7].
  • indican's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C14H17NO6/c16-6-10-11(17)12(18)13(19)14(21-10)20-9-5-15-8-4-2-1-3-7(8)9/h1-5,10-19H,6H2/t10-,11-,12+,13-,14-/m1/s1[8].
  • indican's InChIKey is recorded as XVARCVCWNFACQC-RKQHYHRCSA-N[9].
  • indican's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₄H₁₇NO₆[10].
  • indican's subclass of is recorded as indole alkaloid[11].
  • indican's subclass of is recorded as carbohydrate derivative[12].
  • indican's part of is recorded as indoxyl-UDPG glucosyltransferase activity[13].
  • indican's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007200[14].
  • indican's has part is recorded as nitrogen[15].
  • indican's has part is recorded as oxygen[16].
  • indican's has part is recorded as carbon[17].
  • indican's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL2063300[18].
  • indican's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08jm3g[19].
  • indican's UNII is recorded as N187WK1Y1J[20].
  • indican's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 390239[21].
  • indican's PubChem CID is recorded as 441564[22].
  • indican's KEGG ID is recorded as C08481[23].
  • indican's MeSH tree code is recorded as D03.633.100.473.393[24].
  • indican's ChEBI ID is recorded as 16700[25].
  • indican's found in taxon is recorded as Isatis tinctoria[26].
  • indican's found in taxon is recorded as Calanthe discolor[27].

Why It Matters

indican ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2] indican has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] indican is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Qualitative analysis of indigo precursors from woad by HPLC and HPLC-MS. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Novel indole S,O-bisdesmoside, calanthoside, the precursor glycoside of tryptanthrin, indirubin, and isatin, with increasing skin blood flow promoting effects, from two Calanthe species (Orchidaceae). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). indican. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/indican
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_indican_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{indican}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/indican}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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