Acid,Digenic
《英文msh詞典》Acid,Digenic
[入口詞] Acid,Digenic
[主題詞] Kainic Acid
[藥動學] Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
[英文釋義] (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.