Chem. Also -ine. [a. G. uroxanthin (Heller): see URO-1 and XANTHIN(E. Cf. F. uroxanthine.] = INDICAN.
1846. G. Bird, Urin. Deposits (ed. 2), 73. Heller has lately given the name of uroxanthin to the reputed pigment, but which he has not succeeded in separating.
1858. Thudichum, Urine, 4. The lemon-yellow colour, sometimes met with in cholera, or in spinal disease, is due to the presence of an excess of uroxanthine.
1889. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sci., VII. 416/2. Urine indican (Heller’s uroxanthin and the indogen of Thudichum) is not a pigment.
