monosodium L-glutamate

chemical compound, flavor enhancer
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q179678
monosodium L-glutamate
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monosodium L-glutamate

Summary

monosodium L-glutamate is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,311 views/month, #33 of 12,596).[2]

Key Facts

  • monosodium L-glutamate's image is recorded as MSG crystals.JPG[3].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's image is recorded as Monosodium glutamate crystals.jpg[4].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[5].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's chemical structure is recorded as Mononatrium-L-Glutamat.svg[6].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's GND ID is recorded as 4571038-7[7].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 142-47-2[8].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's EC number is recorded as 205-538-1[9].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's canonical SMILES is recorded as C(CC(=O)O)C(C(=O)[O-])N.[Na+][10].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C5H9NO4.Na/c6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8;/h3H,1-2,6H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10);/q;+1/p-1/t3-;/m0./s1[11].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's InChIKey is recorded as LPUQAYUQRXPFSQ-DFWYDOINSA-M[12].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86006084[13].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's chemical formula is recorded as C₅H₈NNaO₄[14].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's subclass of is recorded as chemical compound[15].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00562659[16].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's part of is recorded as response to monosodium L-glutamate[17].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's part of is recorded as cellular response to monosodium L-glutamate[18].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's has use is recorded as flavor enhancer[19].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's Commons category is recorded as Monosodium glutamate[20].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-Neelima64-मोनोसोडियम ग्लुटामेट.wav[21].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D012970[22].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's has part is recorded as oxygen[23].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's has part is recorded as sodium[24].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's has part is recorded as carbon[25].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's has part is recorded as nitrogen[26].
  • monosodium L-glutamate's has part is recorded as hydrogen[27].

Why It Matters

monosodium L-glutamate ranks in the top 0.26% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,311 views/month, #33 of 12,596).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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