Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Xanthurenic acid is a chemical shown to induce gametogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum the parasite that causes malaria. It is found in the gut of the Anopheles mosquito.Xanthurenic acid is a metabolic intermediate that accumulates and is excreted by pyridoxine (vitamin B6) deficient animals after the ingestion of tryptophan.Xanthurenic acid is suspected to be an endogenous agonist for Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in humans.
