Piperafizine A

Piperafizine A

CAT N°: 19449
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Piperafizine A is a natural methylated diketopiperazine first isolated from an actinomycete, Streptoverticillium.{31094} It potentiates the cytotoxicity of vincristine (Item No. 11764), an anti-cancer alkaloid known to be exported from cells by P-glycoprotein.{31094,21121} Piperafizine A directs the intracellular accumulation of vincristine in cancer cells to a similar degree as verapamil (Item No. 14288), a P-glycoprotein inhibitor.{31095,21122} The effects of piperafizine A on vincristine accumulation in cancer cells is dose-dependent over a range of 1 to 20 µg/ml.{31095}

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