Chemicals and Drugs

Quinolinic Acids

Dicarboxylic acids with a PYRIDINE backbone. Quinolinic Acids are downstream products of the KYNURENINE pathway which metabolize amino acid TRYPTOPHAN.

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Abstract

Dicarboxylic acids with a PYRIDINE backbone. Quinolinic Acids are downstream products of the KYNURENINE pathway which metabolize amino acid TRYPTOPHAN.

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  • Acids, Quinolinic

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

91(75); was see under PYRIDINES 1975-90

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  1. D03w.383.725w.822

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Quinolinic Acids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011805. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011805
  2. Quinolinic Acids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73659063