domoic acid

synonym: (2S,3S,4S)-4-[(2Z,4E,6R)-6-carboxy-6-methylhexa-2,4-dien-2-yl]-3-(carboxymethyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11722
Neurotoxickainic acid analog produced by some algal blooms that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning.
Notes:
  1. Filter-feeding shellfish become contaminated from trapping and eating these algae.
  2. Domoic acid is produced by the red alga called doumoi in Japan (Chondria armatasome), diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia, and by some strains of the diatom species Nitzschia navis-varingica.
Source:
PAC, 2015, 87, 841. (IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 862 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'domoic acid' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11722 RIS BibTex EndNote
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