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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005192 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Pigments; Pyrroles; Serratia marcescens |
| Translations | Spanish: 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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