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Monosodium glutamate (MSG), the monosodium salt of l -glutamic acid, is widely used as a condiment. The amino acid was isolated from wheat gluten in 1866 and chemically synthesized in 1890. It is not essential to the human diet, since it can be synthesized in the body from the common intermediate ?-ketoglutaric acid.

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