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glutamate

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glutamate /glu·ta·mate/ (gloo´tah-mat) a salt of glutamic acid; in biochemistry, the term is often used interchangeably with glutamic acid.
glu·ta·mate (glt-mt)
n.
1. A salt of glutamic acid.
2. An ester of glutamic acid.

glutamate (glōōˑ·t·māt),
n an excitatory neurotransmitter found in the central nervous system of mammals and used as a flavor enhancer in its sodium salt form, monosodium glutamate (MSG). Controversy surrounds MSG and glutamate because of its role in MSG symptom complex (also known as the
Chinese restaurant syndrome) and its deleterious effects as a potential excitotoxin.

glutamate
Glu; the anionic form of glutamic acid; in biochemistry, the term is often used interchangeably with glutamic acid.

glutamate dehydrogenase (GD)
see glutamate dehydrogenase.

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Soellner and Nunez tested the cells' responses to various chemicals that brain cells use to communicate, such as the neurotransmitters gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate.
Umami describes the taste of a substance called monosodium glutamate (MSG).
1), L-glutamate (the major constituent of monosodium glutamate, or MSG), and aspartame.
 
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