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Rifampicin Ready Made Solution

50 mg/mL in DMSO

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C43H58N4O12
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
822.94
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.76

form

liquid

Quality Level

specific activity

Antibacterial

concentration

50 mg/mL in DMSO

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-negative bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria
mycobacteria
viruses

Mode of action

protein synthesis | interferes

storage temp.

−20°C

InChI

1S/C43H58N4O12/c1-21-12-11-13-22(2)42(55)45-33-28(20-44-47-17-15-46(9)16-18-47)37(52)30-31(38(33)53)36(51)26(6)40-32(30)41(54)43(8,59-40)57-19-14-29(56-10)23(3)39(58-27(7)48)25(5)35(50)24(4)34(21)49/h11-14,19-21,23-25,29,34-35,39,49-53H,15-18H2,1-10H3,(H,45,55)/b12-11+,19-14+,22-13-,44-20+/t21-,23+,24+,25+,29-,34-,35+,39+,43-/m0/s1

InChI key

JQXXHWHPUNPDRT-WLSIYKJHSA-N

General description

Rifampicin is a microlide antibiotic effective against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, mycobacteria and viruses.

Application

  • Rifampicin is used to treat Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis-related mycobacterial infections.
  • Rifampicin is widely used as an antipruritic agent in the autoimmune cholestatic liver disease, and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).
  • Rifampicin was also found active by inhibiting Tau Oligomer Propagation in Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Rifampicin is used as a selection agent for agrobacterium mediated plant transformation.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Inhibits the assembly of DNA and protein into mature virus particles.
Mode of Action: Inhibits initiation of RNA synthesis by binding to β-subunit of RNA polymerase.

Other Notes

The product is supplied in DMSO at a concentration of 50 mg/mL. Working concentrations for agrobacterium selection are typically 10-50 mg/L.

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Lact.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

188.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

87 °C - closed cup


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Specific packaging of custom RNA molecules into cowpea mosaic virus-like particles
Peyret, Hadrien, et al
Methods in Molecular Biology, 103-111 (2022)
Guidelines for the Management of Cholestatic Liver Diseases (2021)
Lu, Lungen
Journal of clinical and translational hepatology (2022)
Treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis disease and infection in children: key updates, challenges and opportunities
Howell, Pauline, et al.
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 11.4, 381-381 (2022)
Nasal Rifampicin Halts the Progression of Tauopathy by Inhibiting Tau Oligomer Propagation in Alzheimer Brain Extract-Injected Mice
Umeda, Tomohiro, et al
Biomedicines, 10.2, 297-297 (2022)

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