glutamaten.
/ˈɡl(j)uːtəmeɪt/ Chemistry.
A salt or ester of glutamic acid; esp. the monosodium salt, widely used to flavour food.
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hydrochloride1823
isethionates1838
citraconate1840
adipate1841
anthranilate1841
stearate1841
itaconic acid1842
salicylate1842
oenanthate1845
ammelide1846
pelargonate1848
pelargyl1851
melanuric acid1852
methylate1852
opianyl1852
abietate1853
maleate1853
fulminuric1856
glyoxylate1856
urethane1856
indican1859
oxalyl1859
malonate1862
methacrylate1865
amylate1866
acetoacetate1873
isobutyrate1873
glutamate1876
hydrobromide1877
nicotinate1879
isovalerate1882
calcium gluconate1884
methoxide1885
isophthalate1886
homogentisate1891
naphthenate1899
peracetate1901
iodoacetate1902
glucuronate1904
hydnocarpate1905
thiomalate1905
azide1907
phytate1908
linolenate1909
isocitrate1925
phenylpyruvate1926
monosodium glutamate1929
perester1933
phosphonate1934
polymethacrylate1935
pantothenate1938
phosphoenolpyruvate1941
nylon salt1945
pantoate1945
penicilloate1946
thymidylate1959
chorismate1965
nonanoate1965
neuraminate1970
1876 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. i. 906 Glutimide..obtained by heating ammonium glutamate.
1929 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Oct. 984/2 In China and Japan monosodium glutamate is manufactured on a commercial scale and consumed as a condiment.
1943 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) VI. 34/1 The glutamates..have a characteristic meat-like flavour.
1960 Spectator 16 Sept. 417 That curious prickly after-taste which appears to be characteristic of every foodstuff in which monosodium glutamate figures.
1970 C. N. Graymore Biochem. Eye x. 670 This work immediately suggested that glutamate might play some special role in nervous tissue.
1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Feb. 189/2 Flour..was said to be adulterated by things that make our ubiquitous monosodium glutamate sound positively delicious.
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