kainic acid
/ˈkʌɪnɪk
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
An organic acid extracted from a red alga, used to kill intestinal worms.
- Chemical formula: C10H15NO4.
- Our work supports this latter conclusion as kainic acid is a potent excitor of CPG activity, and d - phase interneuron outputs are blocked by the glutaminergic antagonist CNQX.
- A total synthesis of kainic acid starting from the commercially available 2-azetidinone is described.
Origin
1950s: kainic from Japanese kainin (from kainin-sō, name of the alga Digenea simplex from which it is extracted) + -ic.
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