Product Description: 5-Aminovaleric acid is believed to act as a methylene homologue of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and functions as a weak GABA agonist.
Applications: Neuroscience-Neuromodulation
Formula: C5H11NO2
References: [1]Syrjänen S, et al. Free amino-acid content of wax-stimulated human whole saliva as related to periodontal disease. Arch Oral Biol. 1987;32(9):607-10./[2]Callery PS, et al. 1-Piperideine as an in vivo precursor of the gamma-aminobutyric acid homologue 5-aminopentanoic acid. J Neurochem. 1985 Sep;45(3):946-8./[3]Cole KR, et al. The binding of antifibrinolytic amino acids to kringle-4-containing fragments of plasminogen. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1984 Mar;229(2):568-75.
CAS Number: 660-88-8
Molecular Weight: 117.15
Compound Purity: 98.0
Research Area: Metabolic Disease; Neurological Disease