glutamate

glutamate /glu·ta·mate/ (gloo´tah-mat) a salt of glutamic acid; in biochemistry, the term is often used interchangeably with glutamic acid.

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glu·ta·mate (glt-mt)

n.

1. A salt of glutamic acid.

2. An ester of glutamic acid.

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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.

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glutamate

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

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glutamate dehydrogenase (GD)

see glutamate dehydrogenase.