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Abstract
A metabolite in the principal biochemical pathway of lysine. It antagonizes neuroexcitatory activity modulated by the glutamate receptor, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; (NMDA).
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- 2 Aminoadipic Acid
- 2-Aminohexanedioic Acid
- alpha-Aminoadipic Acid
- 2 Aminohexanedioic Acid
- Acid, 2 Aminoadipic
- Acid, 2-Aminoadipic
- Acid, 2-Aminohexanedioic
- Acid, alpha-Aminoadipic
- Aminoadipic Acid, 2
- alpha Aminoadipic Acid
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
91(76); was see under AMINO ACIDS, DICARBOXYLIC 1976-90
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- Adipic Acids (1969-1975)
- Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic (1974-1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. 2-Aminoadipic Acid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015074. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015074
- 2-Aminoadipic Acid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91-Aminoadipic_acid
- 2-Aminoadipic Acid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2823204