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Rifampicin Water Soluble

solubility: 50 mg/mL in water, freely soluble

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UNSPSC Code:
51101500
NACRES:
NA.76

form

solid

Quality Level

specific activity

(Antibacterial)

solubility

water: freely soluble 50 mg/mL

antibiotic activity spectrum

Gram-negative bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria
mycobacteria
viruses

mode of action

protein synthesis | interferes

storage temp.

−20°C

General description

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. In addition, Rifampicin is used as a selection agent for agrobacterium mediated plant transformation.

Application

Rifampicin is used to treat Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis-related mycobacterial infections. It is widely used as an antipruritic agent in the autoimmune cholestatic liver disease, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). It has been shown to cause hepatitis.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Rifampicin inhibits the assembly of DNA and protein into mature virus particles. It inhibits initiation of RNA synthesis by binding to β-subunit of RNA polymerase, which results in cell death.

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

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

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WGK 3

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Not applicable

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Not applicable


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Specific packaging of custom RNA molecules into cowpea mosaic virus-like particles.
Peyret, Hadrien, et al
Recombinant proteins from plants: production and isolation of clinically useful compounds, 103-111 (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)
Tomohiro Umeda et al.
Biomedicines, 10(2), 297-297 (2022-02-26)
The cell-to-cell transmission of tau aggregates is considered a mechanism underlying the intracerebral spreading of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies. Recent studies suggest that tau oligomers, rather than fibrils, participate in this process. We previously showed
Guidelines for the Management of Cholestatic Liver Diseases (2021)
Lu, Lungen
Journal of clinical and translational hepatology (2022)

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