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What is an indoxyl?

What is an indoxyl? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A hydroxyl derivative of indole produced by bacterial degradation of indoleacetic acid
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For example, absorbed indole could be converted to indoxyl in the liver, and then sulfated to allow for urinary excretion.
Indol is absorbed and oxidized into indoxyl, which combines with potassium and sulphuric acid and is thus excreted.
The presence of ascorbate as a cosolute had little effect on visible emission, despite its demonstrated capacity to act as a strong reductant for the indoxyl radical.
Indican indoxyl sulfate can produce a yellow-orange to red colour response, which may interfere with the interpretation of negative or positive bilirubin readings.
Organisms in the urine that possess indoxyl sulphatase activity metabolise urinary indoxyl sulphate to indigo leading to purple urine bag syndrome.
Tyrian purple is generated from indoxyl sulfate precursors in the hypobranchial glands of Muricidae.

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