| quantification of the putative neurotoxin 2-amino-3-(methylamino)propanoic acid (bmaa) in cycadales: analysis of the seeds of some members of the family cycadaceae. | over the past 30 years there have been attempts to link the unusually high incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) among the chamorros native to the island of guam to the consumption of the seeds of cycas circinalis l., the false sago palm. in support of this relationship it was recently shown that, when given to primates, 2-amino-3-(methylamino)-propanoic acid (bmaa), a minor cycad component, can cause selective degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons in the spinal cord and clini ... | 2008 | 2490746 |