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kainic, a. Pharm.|ˈkaɪnɪk| [f. Jap. kain(in (f. kainin-sō, the name of the alga Digenea simplex) + -ic.] kainic acid, a neurotoxic organic acid, C10H15NO4 , which is obtained from the red alga Digenea simplex and is used as an anthelmintic.
1954S. Murakami et al. in Jrnl. Pharmaceutical Soc. Japan LXXIV. 560 (heading) Proposed change of the name ‘Digenic Acid’ to ‘Kainic Acid’. 1961Jrnl. Formosan Med. Assoc. LX. 341 The present study was carried out to assess the efficacy and practicability of use of a single dose of two kinds of ascaris drugs, Piperazine derivatives and [a] combination of Santonin and Kainic acid, for mass treatment. 1974Nature 26 Apr. 804/1 Kainic acid, a pyrrolidine derivative isolated from the seaweed Digenea simplex. 1988New Scientist 21 Apr. 22/1 Researchers injected kainic acid—an algal extract normally used to kill intestinal worms—into rat brains to simulate the effects of Huntington's disease. 1992P. G. Strange Brain Biochem. & Brain Disorders xi. 194 Kainic acid injection into the striatum of rats replicates many of the neurochemical alterations seen in Huntingdon's disease. |