Glutamate: from discovery as a food flavor to role as a basic taste (umami)

An amino-acid taste receptor

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Human receptors for sweet and umami taste

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A metabotropic glutamate receptor variant functions as a taste receptor

Nirupa Chaudhari, Ana Marie Landin, Stephen D. Roper · Nature Neuroscience · 2000 · 613 citations

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The Synergistic Taste Effect of Monosodium Glutamate and Disodium 5′‐Inosinate

Shizuko Yamaguchi · Journal of Food Science · 1967 · 338 citations

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The blood-brain barrier and glutamate

Richard A. Hawkins · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2009 · 292 citations · Full text

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