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- Word comparison: glutamate vs. glutamic acid
glutamate vs. glutamic acid
noun
a salt or ester of glutamic acid.
noun
Biochemistry.
an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH2 )COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Glu; E