Pipcroside B
Pipcroside B is found in P. crocatum Ruiz & Pav. Pipcroside B is a PDH inhibitor (IC50: 99.82 µM). Pipcroside B has antibacterial activity and is used in the study of oral infections.
For research use only. We do not sell to patients.
- Formula: C28H38O12
- Molecular Weight:566.59
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Storage:
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Biological Activity
Description
Chemical Information
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Molecular Weight 566.59
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Formula C28H38O12
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SMILES
C[C@@H]([C@@]([C@H]1O)(C=C(C2=O)OC)CC=C)[C@@H](C3=CC(OC)=C(O[C@@H]4O[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H]4O)O)O)CO)C(OC)=C3)[C@]12OC
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Structure Classification
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Initial Source
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Shipping
Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Protocols
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Research Protocol for Infectious Diseases
Infectious-disease experiments test how pathogens interact with host barriers, innate immune receptors, inflammatory signaling, pathogen replication, and tissue injury; pattern-recognition receptors such as TLRs, RIG-I-like receptors, NOD-like receptors, and inflammasomes detect microbial molecules and activate NF-κB, interferon, and cytokine responses. The central hypothesis is that infection severity reflects the balance between pathogen burden and host response: protective inflammation restricts pathogen growth, whereas excessive or mislocalized inflammation contributes to tissue damage and disease phenotype. Unresolved questions include which host pathways are protective versus pathogenic, why some infection models fail to translate to human disease, and which combined readouts best predict clinically relevant infection outcomes.
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Cell Cytotoxicity Assay
Cytotoxicity assays are usually based on the assessment of cell membrane damage, which can also be indirectly detected by measuring cell viability. Detection methods include MTT assay, CKK-8 assay, LDH assay and ATP assay, etc.
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Bacterial live/dead nucleic-acid viability staining
The LIVE/DEAD bacterial viability staining method is based on differential permeability of nucleic-acid-binding fluorescent dyes, most commonly SYTO 9 and propidium iodide (PI), which enables discrimination of bacterial populations with intact versus compromised cytoplasmic membranes. SYTO 9 penetrates both intact and damaged bacterial membranes and binds nucleic acids to produce green fluorescence, whereas propidium iodide penetrates only cells with compromised membranes and fluoresces red while also reducing SYTO 9 signal through competitive binding and fluorescence interactions. The resulting fluorescence pattern is interpreted as a proxy for membrane integrity, which is widely used as an indicator of bacterial viability in microscopy, flow cytometry, and spectroscopic platforms. However, mechanistic studies show that SYTO 9 and PI interactions involve displacement and fluorescence resonance energy transfer effects, which can influence signal interpretation depending on dye ratios a
Purity & Documentation
References
[1]. Li HX, et al. Isolation of Two New Compounds and Other Constituents from Leaves of Piper crocatum and Study of Their Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Activities. Molecules. 2019 Jan 30;24(3):489. [Content Brief]
[2]. Chai YJ, et al. Unusual Bicyclo[3.2.1]Octanoid Neolignans from Leaves of Piper crocatum and Their Effect on Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Activity. Plants (Basel). 2021 Sep 7;10(9):1855. [Content Brief]
[3]. Kurnia D, et al. Anti-Infection of Oral Microorganisms from Herbal Medicine of Piper crocatum Ruiz & Pav. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2024 Jun 25;18:2531-2553. [Content Brief]
Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)