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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Quisqualic Acid
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Azoles > Oxazoles > Oxadiazoles > Quisqualic Acid

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Quisqualic Acid  

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Entry terms

  • Quisqualate

Scope note

  • An agonist at two subsets of excitatory amino acid receptors, ionotropic receptors that directly control membrane channels and metabotropic receptors that indirectly mediate calcium mobilization from intracellular stores. The compound is obtained from the seeds and fruit of Quisqualis chinensis.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016318

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