How to Use glutamate in a Sentence

glutamate

noun
  • But your glutamate is still turned on, and that’s what gives you a hangover.
    — Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025
  • These flavors are enhanced by glutamate, which is an amino acid present in some foods.
    — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Foods like tomatoes and cheese even have natural glutamate in them.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 9 May 2023
  • One way to lower glutamate levels is to eat magnesium-rich foods like leafy greens.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2022
  • The second, glutamate, is an amino acid that gets put to work in all kinds of physical systems.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Substantial amounts of free glutamate can be found in champagne due to the ageing process.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Two foods that are rich in glutamate are miso and mushrooms, which happen to be key ingredients in this recipe.
    — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, studies have shown that the levels of glutamate were increased in patients with insomnia.
    — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2022
  • Enzymes break down its muscle fibers, softening its flesh and releasing the amino acid glutamate.
    — Joseph Hincks / Hong Kong, Time, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Then the biofilms would stop expanding until the glutamate was replenished.
    — Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Excessive amounts of glutamate in the brain can overstimulate nerve cells and damage them.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2022
  • With all these ingredients, this burger has supreme levels of glutamate.
    — Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Her finding also engendered hope that ketamine, a drug that targets glutamate, might help people in that group.
    — Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Pizza toppings are also packed with a compound called glutamate, which can be found in the tomatoes, cheese, pepperoni and sausage.
    — Jeffrey Miller, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The drug works by targeting a neurotransmitter glutamate, which plays a key role in functions.
    — Reuters, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Ketamine targets a brain chemical messenger called glutamate, which is thought to play a role in both pain and depression.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Mental Health Researchers have found that sulforaphane may help reduce levels of glutamate in the brain.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
  • So the cooks began adding the powder to MSG, or monosodium glutamate, and put it in sauce used by customers.
    — Edward Wong, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2016
  • Ormand said the drug works on the brain's glutamate system, helping form new neural pathways and providing relief.
    — Nicole Nielsen, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Miso is teeming with protein, B vitamins and minerals, and rich in glutamates, which give food that meaty taste known as umami.
    — Carole Kotkin, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
  • Our bodies ultimately metabolize both sources of glutamate in the same way.
    — Yvette D'entremont, SELF, 20 June 2018
  • Sometimes beta-alanine and L-glutamate form thicker, more textured crystals such as the ones pictured here.
    — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Hair of the Dog can work because alcohol suppresses a brain chemical called glutamate.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 4 July 2018
  • And what is being sent through those networks are [chemicals] like glutamate, which is an amino acid that also serves as a neurotransmitter in our brain.
    — Richard Schiffman, Scientific American, 4 May 2021
  • Mushrooms are another umami-rich food, with a natural abundance of glutamate.
    — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • White, an amateur beer maker, knew that brewer’s yeast contains glutamate, an amino acid on which salmon are capable of imprinting.
    — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
  • Monosodium glutamate, more commonly known as MSG, has been around for more than a century.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Riluzole blocks the release of glutamate, which is the message that nerve cells use to communicate with each other in the central nervous system.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 28 June 2017
  • Other amino acids and molecules enhance umami when combined with glutamate, resulting in a rich, savory taste.
    — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The presence of glutamate as a biological marker might shed light on why patients struggle with exhaustion.
    — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2022

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