quisqualic acid
Meanings
noun
- -2-amino-3-(3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-oxadiazolidin-2-yl)propanoic acid An agonist of some excitatory amino acid receptors
Word forms
Etymology
From taxonomic name Quisqualis (syn. of Combretum), from which the acid was extracted.
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