5-Nitroindoline-2-one ni imvange y’ibinyabutabire ifite akamaro gatandukanye mu miti, imiti ikomoka ku buhinzi, no mu bumenyi bw’ibintu. Iki kinyabutabire kizwiho imiterere yacyo yihariye ya molekile, kikaba igikoresho cy’ingenzi mu gukora molekile zitandukanye z’ibinyabuzima n’ibindi binyabutabire byihariye.