Pyrazinamide

MedChem Express

Pyrazinamide [98-96-4]

10

98-96-4

Research Use Only

99.97

C5H5N3O

123.11

Pyrazinamide (Pyrazinecarboxamide; Pyrazinoic acid amide) is a potent and orally active antitubercular antibiotic. Pyrazinamide is a proagent that is converted to the active form pyrazinoic acid (POA) by PZase/nicotinamidase encoded by the pncA gene in M. tuberculosis.

O=C(C1=NC=CN=C1)N

RT

12352200