Indole, also called Benzopyrrole, a heterocyclic organic compound occurring in some flower oils, such as jasmine and orange blossom, in coal tar, and in fecal matter. 771-51-7, formula is C10H8N2, Name is 2-(1H-Indol-3-yl)acetonitrile. It is used in perfumery and in making tryptophan, an essential amino acid, and indoleacetic acid (heteroauxin), a hormone that promotes the development of roots in plant cuttings. Reference of 771-51-7.
Liu, Shiyin;He, Fei;Lin, Nuoqiao;Chen, Yumei;Liang, Zhibin;Liao, Lisheng;Lv, Mingfa;Chen, Yufan;Chen, Shaohua;Zhou, Jianuan;Zhang, Lian-Hui research published 《 Pseudomonas sp. ST4 produces variety of active compounds to interfere fungal sexual mating and hyphal growth》, the research content is summarized as follows. Sexual mating of compatible sporida is essential for Sporisorium scitamineum to form dikaryotic mycelia and then cause infection on sugarcane. Our previous work identified a Pseudomonas sp. ST4 from a soil sample, which showed a promising biocontrol potential by inhibiting the mating of S. scitamineum sporida and hyphal growth. In this study, we set to isolate the active compounds from Pseudomonas sp. ST4 through solid fermentation High-performance liquid chromatog. (HPLC) separation coupling with bioassay showed that Pseudomonas sp. ST4 produced a range of antimicrobial compounds Two of the major components were purified following acetate extraction, silica gel and HPLC separation NMR (NMR) and liquid chromatog.-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) anal. identified these active compounds are 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and indole-3-carbaldehyde resp. Further anal. showed that the former compound only inhibited the hyphal growth of the fungus at a concentration of 3 mM, while the latter interfered the fungal sexual mating at a concentration of 0.6 mM and affected hyphal growth at a concentration of 2 mM. Treatment of corn plants with 3 mM indole-3-carbaldehyde significantly inhibited corn smut infection, with a control rate up to 94%. Further anal. of the structure and activity relationship revealed that indole has a much stronger inhibitory activity against the fungal sexual mating than indole-3-carbaldehyde. The results from this study provide new agents for control and prevention of the sugarcane smut disease, and the active compounds could also be used to probe the mol. mechanisms of fungal sexual mating.
Reference of 771-51-7, 3-Indoleacetonitrile is a plant growth activator, which promotes callus growth and shoot formation in tobacco callus.
3-Indoleacetonitrile (Indolylacetonitrile) is a light-induced auxin-inhibitory substance that is isolated from light-grown cabbage (Brassica olearea L.) shoots. It inhibits the biofilm formation of both E. coli O157:H7 and P. aeruginosa without affecting its growth.
3-Indoleacetonitrile, also known as 3-(cyanomethyl)indole or IAN, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as 3-alkylindoles. 3-alkylindoles are compounds containing an indole moiety that carries an alkyl chain at the 3-position. 3-Indoleacetonitrile exists as a solid and is considered to be practically insoluble (in water) and relatively neutral. Within the cell, 3-indoleacetonitrile is primarily located in the mitochondria. 3-Indoleacetonitrile participates in a number of enzymatic reactions. In particular, 3-indoleacetonitrile can be biosynthesized from acetonitrile. 3-Indoleacetonitrile is also a parent compound for other transformation products, including but not limited to, cys(ian)-gly, gammaglucys(ian), and L-cys(ian). Outside of the human body, 3-indoleacetonitrile can be found in a number of food items such as cloudberry, japanese persimmon, horned melon, and evergreen huckleberry. This makes 3-indoleacetonitrile a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products.
Indole-3-acetonitrile is a nitrile that is acetonitrile where one of the methyl hydrogens is substituted by a 1H-indol-3-yl group. It has a role as an auxin, a plant hormone, a plant metabolite and a human xenobiotic metabolite. It is a nitrile and a member of indoles. It derives from an acetonitrile., 771-51-7.
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