beige to brown crystalline needles or powder
• ;Reactant for preparation of (oxoimidazolidinyl/oxopyrimidinyl)benzenesulfonates as antitumor agents and tubulin inhibitors1• ;Reactant for preparation of anthranilic acids2• ;Reactant for preparation of indole compounds as dopamine D2 receptor antagonists3• ;Reactant for preparation of naphthalimide- or carbazole-containing human β-adrenoceptor ligands4• ;Reactant for preparation of melanins as nature-inspired radioprotectors5• ;Reactant for preparation of 5-vinyl-3-pyridinecarbonitriles as PKCθ inhibitors6
5-Hydroxyindole is a hydroxylated indole used as a building block in the preparation of various pharmaceutical compounds such as indole based neurochemicals. 5-Hydroxyindole is a metabolite of Tryptophan (T894800). 5-Hydroxyindole displayed weak inhibitory activity on human melanoma tyrosinase. 5-Hydroxyindole also showed inhibition of serotonin transport by blood platelets.
5-Hydroxyindole is a hydroxylated indole used as a building block in the preparation of various pharmaceutical compounds such as indole based neurochemicals. 5-Hydroxyindole is a metabolite of Tryptop
han (T894800). 5-Hydroxyindole displayed weak inhibitory activity on human melanoma tyrosinase. 5-Hydroxyindole also showed inhibition of serotonin transport by blood platelets.
ChEBI: 5-hydroxyindole is a member of the class of hydroxyindoles that is 1H-indole in which the hydrogen at position 5 has been replaced by a hydroxy group. It has a role as a human metabolite.
