Dictionary entry

Skatol

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ska″tol (?), n. [Gr. ���, dung + -ol.] (Physiol. Chem.) A constituent of human fæces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.