Noun
BMAA (uncountable)
Initialism of β-methylamino-L-alanine: a non-proteinogenic amino acid produced by cyanobacteria.
Just this past January, a study was published showing vervet monkeys who ingested a lifetime’s worth of BMAA grew large “tangles” in the brain consistent with those found in Alzheimer’s patients in a shockingly brief amount of time. Source: Internet
Cyanobacteria has long been known for its toxins — it produces many, some of which are deadly to humans — but it wasn’t fingered as the source of BMAA until the 1970s. Source: Internet