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N1271

Sigma-Aldrich

Narasin from Streptomyces auriofaciens

≥98% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

4-methylsalinomycin, Monteban, narasin A

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C43H72O11
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
765.03
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
51102829
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.85

Quality Level

Assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder

solubility

methanol: soluble 20 mg/mL

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-positive bacteria
fungi
viruses

Mode of action

cell membrane | interferes

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CCC(C1OC(C(C)CC1C)C(C)C(O)C(C)C(=O)C(CC)C2OC3(OC4(CCC(C)(O4)C5CCC(O)(CC)C(C)O5)C(O)C=C3)C(C)CC2C)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C43H72O11/c1-12-30(35(46)27(8)34(45)28(9)36-23(4)21-24(5)37(51-36)31(13-2)39(47)48)38-25(6)22-26(7)42(52-38)18-15-32(44)43(54-42)20-19-40(11,53-43)33-16-17-41(49,14-3)29(10)50-33/h15,18,23-34,36-38,44-45,49H,12-14,16-17,19-22H2,1-11H3,(H,47,48)

InChI key

VHKXXVVRRDYCIK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Narasin is a growth-promoting ionophoric antibacterial agent for Enterococci, specifically Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis. It inhibits coccidial infection in poultry and mammals and is used in studies involving sodium calcium ion exchange.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Narasin administration in swine results in improved nitrogen digestibility, which decreases fecal nitrogen and increases the relative concentrations of propionic acid in the large intestine. Polyether ionophores, such as Narasin, have a hydrophilic interior and a hydrophobic exterior. The lipophilic ionophore attaches to the lipid rich cell membranes of Gram-positive bacteria. Ionophores bind Na+, K+, and H+ and facilitate their transfer across the bacterial cell membrane, resulting in an increase in H+ concentration on the inside of the Gram-positive cell. Therefore, the H+ ATPase pump is activated to transport out excess H+. The cell is depleted of its energy resources and reduces fermentative functions and cell division .

Pictograms

Skull and crossbones

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Oral

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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P Butaye et al.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 43(10), 2569-2570 (1999-10-03)
Susceptibility of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis strains from animals and foods to growth-promoting antibiotics used in animal feed was tested by the agar dilution technique. Acquired resistance to bacitracin, narasin, tylosin, and virginiamycin was seen for both species, and
P Butaye et al.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(7), 1907-1911 (1998-07-03)
The influence of the addition of sheep blood to Mueller-Hinton II agar and the effects of aerobic incubation with or without CO2 and of anaerobic incubation were tested with bacitracin, tylosin, avoparcin, virginiamycin, avilamycin, narasin, and flavomycin on enterococci. The
R Kalmendal et al.
Poultry science, 91(6), 1387-1393 (2012-05-15)
The effects of 2 single exogenous and monocomponent feed enzymes, and their combination, and an ionophore coccidiostat on production performance, feed AME(n), nutrient utilization, and intestinal morphology were studied in broiler chickens. One-day-old unvaccinated and unsexed Ross 308 birds (n
Jonathan Sperry et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 8(1), 29-38 (2009-12-22)
Although known for over a quarter of a century, the oxidative radical cyclisation route to spiroketals has found limited use in natural product synthesis in comparison to classical approaches. Its successful application in this field of research forms the subject
Leen Mortier et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 19(4), 533-539 (2005-01-19)
A sensitive and selective liquid chromatographic tandem mass spectrometric method (LC/MS/MS) for the simultaneous detection of the ionophoric coccidiostats narasin, monensin, lasalocid and salinomycin in whole eggs has been developed. A very simple sample preparation consisting of an extraction with

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