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  • adjective biochemistry Designating a type of acid found in certain Amanita mushrooms.

Etymologies

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From Japanese iboten(gutake) ‘Amanita strobiliformis mushroom’, from which it was first isolated.

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Examples

  • In 1998, two leading Japanese researchers, Yamaguchi and Ninomiya, published a list of 39 substances they believed to trigger umami, including amino acids, ibotenic and tricolomic acids, succinic acid, theanine, and an octopeptide compound of 8 amino acids.

    SYNERGIZING UMAMI-- COOKING WITH WINE AND HOW TO MAKE VEGAN FLAVOR EXPLODE! Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

  • In 1998, two leading Japanese researchers, Yamaguchi and Ninomiya, published a list of 39 substances they believed to trigger umami, including amino acids, ibotenic and tricolomic acids, succinic acid, theanine, and an octopeptide compound of 8 amino acids.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

  • _Merck's_ sez that neither ibotenic acid and muscarine were "controlled substances" (what a * dumb* term) as of '76; was there maybe

    Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin 1992

  • For rats with ibotenic acid lesion of the GP, the catalepsy tests were made 1 week after surgery.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009

  • To test this hypothesis, we investigated the effect of selective ibotenic acid lesion of the GP, which is a relay structure in the indirect pathway on α-flupentixol-induced catalepsy and changes in STN neuronal activity.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009

  • The ibotenic acid injection was made over a 1 minute period of time using a digital 10 µl Hamilton microsyringe.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009

  • (A and B) Photomicrographs of the globus pallidus showing the control side (A) and the side which received ibotenic acid injection-induced cell death (B, lesioned side).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009

  • This is not strictly true, though a fly may be stupefied by the ibotenic acid contained in A. muscaria and may then die by "misadventure."

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 2 1981

  • (D and E) Curves illustrating the evolution of the firing rate (D) and the coefficient of variance (E) after the injection of α-flupentixol (arrow) in rats (n = 6) with ibotenic acid lesion of the globus pallidus.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009

  • Cresyl violet staining of coronal sections allowed us to determine the extent of ibotenic acid lesion of GP and only rats with a total or subtotal lesion of the nucleus (

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jonathan Chetrit et al. 2009

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