Cinnabarinic acid (Standard) is the analytical standard of Cinnabarinic acid. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. Cinnabarinic acid is a specific orthosteric agonist of mGlu₄ by interacting with residues of the glutamate binding pocket of mGlu4, has no activity at other mGlu receptors. Cinnabarinic acid is an endogenous metabolite of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan. Cinnabarinic acid induces cell apoptosis^[1].