Quinolinic acid

Name: Quinolinic acid
Brand: Tocris Bioscience
SKU: 0225

Tocris Bioscience, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # 0225

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Endogenous NMDA agonist and transmitter candidate

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Key Product Details

Description:	Endogenous NMDA agonist and transmitter candidate
Chemical Name:	Pyridine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid
Molecular Weight:	167.12

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Biological Activity for Quinolinic acid

Quinolinic acid is an endogenous NMDA agonist and transmitter candidate. May distinguish between NMDA receptor subtypes.

Technical Data for Quinolinic acid

M. Wt	167.12
Formula	C₇H₅NO₄
Storage	Store at RT
CAS Number	89-00-9
PubChem ID	1066
InChi Key	GJAWHXHKYYXBSV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	OC(=O)C1=C(N=CC=C1)C(O)=O

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References for Quinolinic acid

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Stone and Perkins Quinolinic acid: a potent endogenous excitant at amino acid receptors in the rat CNS. Eur.J.Pharmacol. 1981 PMID: 6268428
Prada de Carvalho The endogenous agonist quinolinic acid and the non-endogenous homoquinolinic acid discriminate between NMDAR2 receptor subunits. Neurochem.Int. 1996 PMID: 8740453
Stone and Burton NMDA receptors and ligands in the vertebrate CNS. Prog.Neurobiol. 1988 PMID: 2830636
Monaghan and Beaton Quinolinate differentiates between forebrain and cerebellar NMDA receptors. Eur.J.Pharmacol. 1991 PMID: 1676371

Quinolinic acid

Tocris Bioscience, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # 0225

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