Zarzissine
Zarzissine is a cytotoxic guanidine alkaloid that can be isolated from the Mediterranean sponge Anchinoe paupertas. Zarzissine shows antimicrobial and anticancer activities.
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- CAS No.: 160568-14-9
- Formula: C5H5N5
- Molecular Weight:135.13
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Biological Activity
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Chemical Information
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Biological Activity
Description
In Vitro
Zarzissine shows a slight antimicrobial activity against the Gram-positive bacterium S. aureus and the two yeasts C. albicans and C. tropicali. The inhibition diameters (100 μg) are 12, 10 and 11 mm, respectively[1].
Zarzissine shows cytotoxic activity with IC50s of 5, 10 and 12 μg/mL for KB, NSCLC-N6 and P-388, respectively[1].
MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only. Further protocols information, click here.
Chemical Information
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CAS No. 160568-14-9
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Molecular Weight 135.13
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Formula C5H5N5
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SMILES
NC1=NC2=C(N1)C=NN=C2
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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 Viability Determination by MTT Colorimetric Assay
The following protocol uses the MTT colorimetric assay as a classic literature-established method for assessing cell viability/metabolic activity in cultured mammalian cells. MTT[3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] is reduced by metabolically active cells to a colored formazan product; the amount of formazan is quantified spectrophotometrically and provides an indirect measure of metabolically active viable cells. Importantly, MTT reduction reflects cellular oxidoreductase/metabolic activity rather than an absolute direct count of living cells, so changes in cellular metabolism can alter the signal independently of cell number.
Purity & Documentation
References
Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)
Zarzissine Related Classifications
HY-N1051 Related Classifications
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