Medical Definition of Sodium glutamate
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L-glutamic acid, sodium salt. An additive used to impart meat flavor to foods, and to enhance other natural food flavors. Medically it has been used to reduce blood ammonia levels in ammoniacal azotemia, therapy of hepatic coma, in psychosis, and mental retardation.
Pharmacological action: food additives.
Chemical name: L-Glutamic acid, monosodium salt
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Glutamate
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