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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Kainic Acid
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Descriptor Spanish:
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ácido kaínico
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Ácido Caínico
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Synonyms English:
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Acid, Digenic
Acid, Kainic
Digenic Acid
Kainate
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Tree Number:
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D03.383.773.400
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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an antinematodal agent & excitatory amino acid agonist
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Pharmacological Action:
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Antinematodal Agents
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
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See Related English:
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Receptors, Kainic Acid
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History Note English:
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86(78); was see under PYRROLIDINES 1978-85
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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7777
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Unique Identifier:
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D007608
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Similar:
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DeCS
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