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0337 (S)-MCPG  
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(S)-MCPG
Chemical Name: (S)-a-Methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine

Biological Activity:

Active isomer of (RS)-MCPG (Cat. No. 0336). Non-selective group I/group II metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist.

Technical Data:

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M.Wt: 209.2
Formula: C10H11NO4
Storage: Store at RT
Solubility: Soluble to 10 mM in Water and to 100 mM in 1.1eq. NaOH
Purity: >99%
CAS No: [150145-89-4]

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    References:

    Jane et al (1993) Stereospecific antagonism by (+)-α-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG) of 1S,3R-ACPD induced effects in neonatal rat motoneurones and rat thalamic neurones. Neuropharmacology 32 725. Collingridge and Watkins (1994) Phenylglycine derivatives as metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. TiPS 15 333. Sekiyama et al (1996) Structure-activity relationships of new agonists and antagonists of different metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes. Br. J. Pharmacol. 117 1493. Bordi et al (1996) Effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist MCPG on spatial and context-specific learning. Neuropharmacology 35 1557
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    Keywords: (S)-MCPG, Glutamate (Metabotropic) Receptors, Active Isomer Of Cat. No. 0336, MCPG, Tocris Bioscience

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