Kainic acid

Kainic acid is a potent excitotoxic agent. Kainic acid hydrate also is an agonist for a subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptor. Kainic acid induces seizures.


Cat. No.: EX-A8001	Purity: >98%

	Chemical structure of Kainic acid

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CAS No.	487-79-6
Purity	>98%
Formula	C10H15NO4
Mol Weight	213.2304
Color	white to off-white
State	solid powder
Solubility	DMSO : 40 mg/mL H2O : 10 mg/mL
Shelf Life	>3 years if stored properly
Storage	Powder 4℃ 2 years; In solvent -20℃ 1 month;
Shipping	Shipped under ambient temperature as non-hazardous chemical. This product is stable enough for a few weeks during ordinary shipping and time spent in Customs.

Reference:	[1]. Cincioğlu-Palabiyik M, et al. Chronic levetiracetam decreases hippocampal and testicular aromatase expression in normal but not kainic acid-induced experimental model of acute seizures in rats. Neuroreport. 2017 Sep 27;28(14):903-909. [2]. Wang Q, et al. Kainic acid-mediated excitotoxicity as a model for neurodegeneration. Mol Neurobiol. 2005;31(1-3):3-16. [3]. Lévesque M, et al. The kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Dec;37(10 Pt 2):2887-99. [4]. Scherer-Singler U, McGeer EG. Distribution and persistence of kainic acid in brain. Life Sci. 1979 Mar 12;24(11):1015-22. [5]. Zheng Z, et al. The effect of dipeptidyl peptidase IV on disease-associated microglia phenotypic transformation in epilepsy. J Neuroinflammation. 2021 May 11;18(1):112.
CoA	CoA of Kainic acid

Smiles:	O=C(O)C[C@@H]1[C@@H](C(O)=O)NC[C@@H]1C(C)=C


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