Pure Organic Indigo Powder
COMMON NAME: Indigo
OTHER NAME: Nili, Indian Indigo.
BOTANICAL NAME: Indigofera tinctoria Linn.
PLANT FAMILY: Fabaceae
PART USED: Dried Leaf Powder
OVERVIEW: People have used indigo alone or in combination with henna to dye their hair black since thousands of years.
PHYTOCONSTITUENTS: Indigotin. Indigofera tinctoria plants contain the glucosides indicant. After soaking the plants in water, enzymic hydrolysis transforms indicant into indoxyl and glucose. Indigotin (often also called indigo or indigo-blue) formation results from the grouping of two molecules of indoxyl in the presence of oxygen.
PRECAUTIONS: None known.
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