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Abstract
(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.
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4 entry terms
- Digenic Acid
- Acid, Digenic
- Acid, Kainic
- Kainate
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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an antinematodal agent & excitatory amino acid agonist
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History Note
86(78); was see under PYRROLIDINES 1978-85
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- Pyrrolidines (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Kainic Acid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007608. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007608
- Kainic Acid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainic_acid
- Kainic Acid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390239