What is indole?

Answer 1

Indoles are compounds formed in response to a catastrophic disruption within plant cells. They include:

• Allicin, a sulphur-containing compound that formed when the garlic is crushed or chopped, breaking the cells, and mixing alliin with the enzyme, alliinase, inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi in the digestive tract, including Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria responsible for gastric ulcers that increases the risk for stomach cancer.
• Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), metabolized from a substance called glucobrassicin, found in chopped raw or lightly steamed cruciferous vegetables, including watercress, mustard greens,Brussels sprouts, horseradish, kale, turnip, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, bok choy, and cauliflower, is an antioxidant, inhibits cancers of the breast, uterus, colon, lung, and liver, and can stimulate detoxification enzymes in your digestive tract and liver.
• Glucosinolates, found in broccoli sprouts, cauliflower sprouts, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower, which when chewed form sulforaphane, which may stimulate natural enzymes in the liver that help eliminate toxins, help lower blood pressure, and reduce risk of various cancers, such as stomach, colon, esophageal, lung and breast cancers.

Answer 2

An organic or inorganic form of matter that has traces of the bacteria indole's chemical composition on any scale is indole positive.

Travis Winder, Baltimore MD., 03/25/11

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Answer 3

Indolence is habitual laziness.