Description: Piperonylic acid (2H-1,3-benzodioxole-5-carboxylic acid) is a natural molecule bearing a methylenedioxy function that closely mimics the structure of trans-cinnamic acid. Piperonylic acid selectively inactivate the CYP73A P450 subpopulation.
CAS Number: 94-53-1
Formula: C8H6O4
Molecular Weight: 166,13
References: Schalk M, et al, Werck-Reichhart D. Piperonylic acid, a selective, mechanism-based inactivator of the trans-cinnamate 4-hydroxylase: A new tool to control the flux of metabolites in the phenylpropanoid pathway. Plant Physiol. 1998;118(1):209‐218.