Excitatory amino acid b-N-methylamino-L-alanine is a putative environmental neurotoxin

Excitatory amino acid b-N-methylamino-L-alanine is a putative environmental neurotoxin

The amino acid b-N-methylamino-L-alanine (L-BMAA) has been associated with the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism-dementia complex in three distinct western Pacific populations. The putative neurotoxin is produced by cyanobacteria, which live symbiotically in the roots of cycad trees. L-BMAA...

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Main Authors: VLADIMIR NEDELJKOV, MILICA PROSTRAN, DRAGAN PAVLOVIĆ, PATHAK DHRUBA, MARIJA BRATIĆ-STANOJEVIĆ, SRDJAN LOPIČIĆ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Chemical Society 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
Subjects:
b-N-methylamino-L-alanine
neurodegenerative diseases
neurotoxicity
environmental toxin
Online Access:http://www.shd.org.rs/JSCS/Vol76/No4/01_4834_4134.pdf

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