Abstract
Cycad-associated neurodegenerative disease is more strongly correlated with the gymnosperm's major neurotoxin cycasin (methylazoxymethanol glucoside) than with the minor neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (L-BMAA).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-50 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Toxicon |
Volume | 155 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
Keywords
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Cycas micronesica Hill
- Cycasin
- DNA damage
- Excitotoxin
- L-BMAA
- L-BOAA
- Parkinsonism-dementia complex
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Toxicology