Xanthurenic Acid
Selleck Chemicals
SKU:S4774-25MG
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Xanthurenic Acid is an activator of Glutamate Receptors used in studies of Calcium Signaling. In practice, this places the compound in experiments that measure calcium flux, excitability, and secretion-linked signaling in metabolism and neuroscience models.
By activating Glutamate Receptors, Xanthurenic Acid can be used to examine calcium flux, excitability, and secretion-linked signaling. The ion channel annotation adds relevance to electrophysiology, ion-flux, and membrane-potential studies, together with downstream-response mapping in the same experimental setting. In metabolism and neuroscience models, these readouts can be combined with viability, reporter, localization, biochemical conversion, or morphology endpoints to refine experimental interpretation.
Research Applications
- Target-focused assays involving Glutamate Receptors
- Pathway perturbation studies connected to Calcium Signaling
- Gain-of-function pathway-activation studies
- Electrophysiology, ion-flux, and membrane-potential studies
Overall, Xanthurenic Acid is appropriate when a defined chemical perturbant is needed to connect Glutamate Receptors with measurable biochemical, transcriptional, electrophysiological, imaging, or phenotypic readouts in metabolism and neuroscience models. This profile is suited to mechanistic follow-up, comparative profiling, and assay optimization under defined exposure conditions.
- Targets:
- Glutamate Receptors
- Target Class:
- Ion Channel
- Pathways:
- Calcium Signaling
- Research Area:
- Metabolism • Neuroscience
- CAS No.:
- 59-00-7
- Molecular Weight:
- 205.17
- Formula:
- C₁₀H₇NO₄
- SMILES:
- C1=CC2=C(C(=C1)O)NC(=CC2=O)C(=O)O
- Storage Temperature:
- -20°C
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