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Definition :

A white crystalline substance C8H7N obtained from blue indigo and almost all indigo derivatives by a process of reduction chemically it is 23 benzopyrrole a bicyclic heterocyclic compound having a benzene ring fused to a pyrrole ring It is also formed from proteinaceous matter together with skatol by putrefaction and by fusion with caustic potash and is present in human excrement as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora It is produced in rich growth media by the intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli