作者:Janine Cossy、Manuel Cases、Domingo Gomez Pardo                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00284-7
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:1999.5
                                    
                                    alpha-Kainic acid A, first isolated in 1953 from the marine alga Digenea simplex,(1) is the parent member of the kainoids displaying potent anthelmintic properties and neurotransmitting activity(2,3) in the central nervous system. Among these properties, the neuroexcitatory activity is attributed to their trans C-2/C-3 : cis C-3/C-4 structure and the functionality at the C-4 center beside the 2-carboxy and 3-carboxymethyl functionalities.