Product name : Kainic Acid
Synonyms : Acide Kainique;Acidum Kainicum;Digenic Acid;Helminal;
CAS No. : 487-79-6
Molecular Formula : C10H15NO4
Molecular Weight : 213.23 g mol−1
Product description :
Kainic acid is a natural marine acid present in some seaweed. It is a specific
agonist for the kainate receptor used as an ionotropic glutamate receptor which mimics the effect of glutamate. Along with quisqualate, it is used in experiments to distinguish a receptor from the other ionotropic receptors for glutamate such as NMDA and AMPA.