A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of (R)- and (S)-selisistat. It is a potent sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) inhibitor (IC50 38 nM) and is 200-500-fold more selective for SIRT1 than for SIRT2 or SIRT3. The active isomer (EX-243) gives similar results and potency; the enantiomer (EX-242) is inactive.
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This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
