Used in biochemical research as a selective agonist for certain glutamate receptor subtypes, particularly in studies involving NMDA and metabotropic glutamate receptors. Helps investigate excitatory neurotransmission, synaptic plasticity, and neurotoxicity mechanisms. Also employed in the development of neuropharmacological agents targeting neurological disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia. Its stereospecific configuration makes it valuable for probing structure-activity relationships in glutamate analogs.