Description; General description; L-BMAA hydrochloride/β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) is a cyanobacterial neurotoxin.[1]; Application; L-BMAA hydrochloride has been used as a standard to compare all the samples in the analysis of β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) isomers in desert crust material.[4] It has also been used as an additive with f/2+Si medium to treat the cells of Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira weissflogii to study its effect on them.[5]; Packaging; 10, 50 mg in glass bottle; Biochem/physiol Actions; L-BMAA hydrochloride helps to block the addition of heparan sulfate to glypican-1.[1] It possesses unusual glutamate receptor binding properties.[2] It may cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Lou Gehrig′s disease.[3]