glutamic acid
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glutamic acid
[gloo-tam´ik]a dibasic amino acid, one of the nonessential amino acids; it is also an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Its hydrochloride salt is used as a gastric acidifier. See also monosodium glutamate.
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glu·tam·ic ac·id (E, Glu),
(glū-tam'ik as'id),An amino acid; the sodium salt is monosodium glutamate. Compare: glutamate.
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glutamic acid
(glo͞o-tăm′ĭk)n.
A nonessential amino acid, C5H9NO4, occurring widely in plant and animal tissue and proteins, and having monosodium glutamate as a salt.
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glu·tam·ic ac·id
(E) (glū-tam'ik as'id)An amino acid that occurs in proteins; the sodium salt is monosodium glutamate.
Compare: glutamate
Compare: glutamate
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glutamic acid
Glutamate, an AMINO ACID present in most proteins. One of its salts, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, is widely used as a seasoning and flavouring agent and has been suspected as the cause of the CHINESE RESTAURANT SYNDROME.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
glutamic acid (E, Glu)
one of 20 AMINO ACIDS common in proteins that has an extra carboxyl group and is acidic in solution. See Fig. 172 . The ISOELECTRIC POINT of glutamic acid is 3.2.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
glu·tam·ic acid
(glū-tam'ik as'id)An amino acid; the sodium salt is monosodium glutamate.
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