Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Ibotenic acid is a chemical compound that is naturally occurring in the mushrooms Amanita muscaria and Amanita pantherina among others. Ibotenic acid is a powerful neurotoxin that is used as a brain-lesioning agent and has shown to be highly neurotoxic when injected directly into the brains of mice and rats.

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IUPAC name
(S)-2-amino-2-(3-hydroxyisoxazol-5-yl) acetic acid

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