| 释义 |
glutamate Chem.|ˈgl(j)uːtəmeɪt|
[f. next. + -ate4.]
A salt or ester of glutamic acid; esp. the monosodium salt, widely used to flavour food.
1876Jrnl. Chem. Soc. i. 906 Glutimide..obtained by heating ammonium glutamate. 1929Industr. & Engin. Chem. Oct. 984/2 In China and Japan monosodium glutamate is manufactured on a commercial scale and consumed as a condiment. 1943Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VI. 34/1 The glutamates..have a characteristic meat-like flavour. 1960Spectator 16 Sept. 417 That curious prickly after-taste which appears to be characteristic of every foodstuff in which monosodium glutamate figures. 1970C. N. Graymore Biochem. Eye x. 670 This work immediately suggested that glutamate might play some special role in nervous tissue. 1971Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Feb. 189/2 Flour..was said to be adulterated by things that make our ubiquitous monosodium glutamate sound positively delicious. |