domoic acid

domoic acid
do·mo·ic acid də-'mō-ik- n a neurotoxic analog C15H21NO6 of glutamic acid that is produced by some diatoms (esp. genus Pseudonitzschia) and has caused poisoning in vertebrates (as whales, birds, and humans) that have consumed diatom-contaminated fish or shellfish

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dom·o·ic ac·id (domґo-ik) a neuroexcitatory, neurotoxic amino acid structurally similar to L-glutamic acid, occurring in the diatom Nitzschia pungens and other varieties of marine vegetation. Ingestion of mussels contaminated by it has resulted in amnesic shellfish poisoning (see under poisoning).

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