L-Glutamic Acid

glu·tam·ic acid (gl

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A nonessential amino acid, C₅H₉NO₄, occurring widely in plant and animal tissue and proteins, and having monosodium glutamate as a salt.

[glut(en) + am(ide) + -ic.]

glutamic acid [gluːˈtæmɪk], glutaminic acid [ˌgluːtəˈmɪnɪk]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a nonessential amino acid, occurring in proteins, that acts as a neurotransmitter and plays a part in nitrogen metabolism

glutamic acid (gl

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A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C₅H₉NO₄. See more at amino acid.

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Noun

glutamic acid - an amino acid occurring in proteins; important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants; used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats

glutaminic acid

amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid - organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"

Translations

glutamic acid [gluːˌtæmɪkˈæsɪd] N → ácido m glutámico

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amino acid
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pteroylglutamic acid
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L-Glutamic acid is an amino acid first discovered in Germany in 1866, and is a key component of many foodstuffs, to which it contributes flavor It is also involved in cellular metabolism, and a number of other essential biological functions, including the preservation of muscle tissue and glycogen replacement during exercise L-Glutamic acid is an amino acid first discovered in Germany in 1866, and is a key component of many foodstuffs, to which it contributes flavor.

Glutamine, Glutamic Acid, and Their Athletic Edge by Darrell Miller / Food/cooking/nutrition community

Lau hypothesizes that ingestion of the well-established neurotoxicants aspartic acid and L-glutamic acid as additives could lead to a high enough body burden to kill neurons by a mechanism called excitotoxicity.

Adding up to no good? by Szpir, Michael / Environmental Health Perspectives

L-dopa
L-driver
L-drivers
L-electron capture
L-electron capture
L-electron capture
L-enantiomer
L-enantiomer
L-enantiomer
L-FABP
L-fields
L-Fold Spin Projected Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset
L-form
L-form bacteria
L-form bacteria
L-form bacteria
L-fructose
L-fructose
L-fructose
L-fucopyranose
L-fucose
L-galactomethylose
L-GLRT
l-gluonolactone oxidase
L-glutamate
L-glutamate
L-glutamate
l-glutamate dehydrogenase
L-Glutamate Diethyl Ester
L-Glutamate/L-Aspartate Transporter

L-Glutamic Acid

L-glutamine
L-glutamine
L-glutamine
l-glutamyl-beta-cyanoalanine
L-glyceraldehyde
L-glyceraldehyde
L-glyceraldehyde
L-Gulonolactone Oxidase Pseudogene
L-H
L-head
L-head engine
L-histidine decarboxylase
L-HOUR
L-HOUR
L-hydroxyethylamide
l-iditol dehydrogenase
l-iditol dehydrogenase (ID)
l-iditol dehydrogenase (ID)
l-iditol dehydrogenase (ID)
L-iduronidase
L-iron
L-iron
L-J potential
L-Jet
L-K
L-L
L-lactate dehydrogenase
L-lactate dehydrogenase
L-lactate dehydrogenase
L-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome)

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