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skatol

skatol


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skatol  \Ska"tol\,  n.  [Gr.  ???,  dung  +  -ol.]  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  A  constituent  of  human  f[ae]ces  formed  in  the  small 
  intestines  as  a  product  of  the  putrefaction  of  albuminous 
  matter.  It  is  also  found  in  reduced  indigo.  Chemically  it  is 
  methyl  indol,  {C9H9N}.