Chemical Properties
White to off-white powder
Uses
DL-Glutamic Acid 5-Methyl Ester is an amino acid derivative. L-Glutamic Acid is important to the mammalian central nervous system. L-Glutamic Acid is also a neurotransmitter for cone photoreceptors in the human brain and is used as a treatement for patients who have liver disease accompanied by encephalopathy.
Definition
ChEBI: Glutamic acid 5-methyl ester is a glutamic acid derivative that is glutamic acid in which the carboxy group at position 5 has been replaced by a methoxycarbonyl group. It is a methyl ester, a glutamic acid derivative and a non-proteinogenic alpha-amino acid.
