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Prodigiosin

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005192

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005192
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPigments; Pyrroles; Serratia marcescens
TranslationsSpanish: prodigiosina
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005192",
  "term": "Prodigiosin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "pigments",
    "pyrroles",
    "Serratia marcescens"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "prodigiosina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/prodigiosin/"
}

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