glutamic acid

English

structural formula of glutamic acid

Etymology

Calque of German Glutaminsäure.

Noun

glutamic acid (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.

Synonyms

• Glu
• E620 when used as a flavour enhancer

Related terms

• glutamate
• monosodium glutamate

Translations

the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)

• Catalan: àcid glutàmic m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 穀氨酸／谷氨酸 (guk¹ on¹ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 穀氨酸／谷氨酸 (zh) (gǔ'ānsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 麩胺酸／麸胺酸 (fū'ānsuān) (Taiwan)

• Czech: kyselina glutamová f
• Danish: glutaminsyre
• Finnish: glutamiinihappo
• French: acide glutamique (fr) m
• Galician: ácido glutámico m
• German: Glutaminsäure (de) f
• Greek: γλουταμικό οξύ (el) n (gloutamikó oxý)
• Hungarian: glutaminsav (hu)
• Japanese: グルタミン酸 (gurutamin-san)
• Kazakh: глутамин қышқылы (glutamin qyşqyly)
• Polish: kwas glutaminowy m
• Portuguese: ácido glutâmico m
• Romanian: acid glutamic m
• Russian: глутами́новая кислота́ (ru) f (glutamínovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido glutámico m
• Swedish: glutaminsyra (sv)

See also

• umami