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Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Prodigiosin
Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Azoles > Pyrroles > Prodigiosin

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Prodigiosin  

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Note

  • an antibiotic from Serratia marcescens & others; do not confuse with PRODIGIOZAN, another antibiotic from same source; /biosyn permitted if by micro-organism

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011353

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