Prodigiosin

Synonyms

2,2'-Bi-1H-pyrrole, 4-methoxy-5-((5-methyl-4-pentyl-2H-pyrrol-2-ylidene)methyl)-

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.