Structured Summary
Abstract
4-Methoxy-5-((5-methyl-4-pentyl-2H-pyrrol-2-ylidene)methyl)- 2,2'-bi-1H-pyrrole. A toxic, bright red tripyrrole pigment from Serratia marcescens and others. It has antibacterial, anticoccidial, antimalarial, and antifungal activities, but is used mainly as a biochemical tool.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C20H25N3O
- Molecular Weight
- 323.4 g/mol
- IUPAC Name
- (2Z)-3-methoxy-2-[(5-methyl-4-pentyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylidene]-5-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)pyrrole
- InChIKey
- SHUNBVWMKSXXOM-UNOMPAQXSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCC1=C(NC(=C1)/C=C\2/C(=CC(=N2)C3=CC=CN3)OC)C
- MeSH Unique ID
- D011353
- Source
- PubChem CID 135455579
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
an antibiotic from Serratia marcescens & others; do not confuse with PRODIGIOZAN, another antibiotic from same source; /biosyn permitted if by micro-organism
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Prodigiosin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011353. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011353
- Prodigiosin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigiosin
- Prodigiosin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q415663
- Prodigiosin. In: PubChem Compound. CID 135455579. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/135455579