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Definition of Isatis indigotica

Isatis indigotica
2. (Chem.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican. Note: Commercial indigo contains the essential coloring principle indigo blue or indigotine, with several other dyes; as, indigo red, indigo brown, etc., and various impurities. Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents, with the exception of strong sulphuric acid. Chinese indigo (Bot.), Isatis indigotica, a kind of woad. Wild indigo (Bot.), the American herb Baptisia tinctoria which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the same genus.

Meaning of Isatis indigotica from wikipedia

- Isatis tinctoria, also called woad (/ˈwoʊd/), dyer's woad, dyer's-weed, or glastum, is a flowering plant in the family Br****icaceae (the mustard family)...
- Chang; Huang, Jianmin (2023-08-18). "classification of Isatis indigotica Fortune and Isatis tinctoria Linnaeus via comparative analysis of chloroplast...
- Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek., Polygonum tinctorium Ait., or Isatis indigotica Fortune (Fort.). Qingdai was first recorded in Yaoxinglun. Indirubin...
- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinese indigo may refer to: Isatis indigotica, a kind of woad Indigofera amblyantha, a kind of indigo plant, in...
- constituent of olive leaf extract), Astragalus membranaceus, and Isatis tinctoria or Isatis indigotica. Another review ****essed the quality of evidence for alternative...