Preferred Label : kainic acid;
MeSH definition : (2S-(2 alpha,3 beta,4 beta))-2-Carboxy-4-(1-methylethenyl)-3-pyrrolidineacetic acid.
Ascaricide obtained from the red alga Digenea simplex. It is a potent excitatory amino
acid agonist at some types of excitatory amino acid receptors and has been used to
discriminate among receptor types. Like many excitatory amino acid agonists it can
cause neurotoxicity and has been used experimentally for that purpose.;
MeSH synonym : digenic acid; acid, kainic; acid, digenic;
MeSH hyponym : kainate;
MeSH CAS label : 3-Pyrrolidineacetic acid, 2-carboxy-4-(1-methylethenyl)-, (2S-(2alpha,3beta,4beta))-;
MeSH Related Number : 487-79-6 (Kainic acid);
Registry Number MeSH : 487-79-6;
MeSH annotation : an antinematodal agent & excitatory amino acid agonist;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainic acid;
Is substance : O;
UNII : SIV03811UC;
InChIKey : VLSMHEGGTFMBBZ-OOZYFLPDSA-N;
Origin ID : D007608;
UMLS CUI : C0022471;
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(2S-(2 alpha,3 beta,4 beta))-2-Carboxy-4-(1-methylethenyl)-3-pyrrolidineacetic acid.
Ascaricide obtained from the red alga Digenea simplex. It is a potent excitatory amino
acid agonist at some types of excitatory amino acid receptors and has been used to
discriminate among receptor types. Like many excitatory amino acid agonists it can
cause neurotoxicity and has been used experimentally for that purpose.