The prototypic umami substance monosodium glutamate (MSG) reinforces preferences for its own flavor, as well as preferences for flavors associated with it, by conditioning processes. Mice of 3 inbred strains (C57BL/6J (B6), 129P3/J, and FVB/NJ) and 2 taste-knockout (KO) groups derived from the B6 lineage were initially indifferent to 200mM MSG, but this evaluation was altered by forced exposure...

Food preservatives are unswervingly being used for prolonging the shelf life of food, often to increase aroma, taste and quality by food packaging industry. These pivotal in protecting from degradation deterioration micro-organisms. Two most commonly preservatives, viz. sodium nitrite (NaNO2) Monosodium glutamate (MSG) have been evaluated using root tips Allium cepa. Cytological studies plants ...

Abstract Background This experimental study aimed to determine the changes caused by monosodium glutamate (MSG) on morphology and histology of liver chicken embryos aged 16 days incubation. In this research, 50 fertilized eggs were used. They divided into two equal groups, one group was used as control with normal structure, while other treated MSG in 0 day incubation (0.1ml/egg). Results The r...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a widely used food additive. Although it is generally considered safe, some questions regarding the impact of its use on general health have arisen. Several reports correlate MSG consumption with a series of unwanted reactions, including headaches and mechanical sensitivity in pericranial muscles. Endogenous glutamate plays a significant role in nociceptive process...

Monosodium L glutamate (MSG) has been known and used to stop focal bleeding in remoted area and around battle fields along Thai-Laos-Cambodian border. The hemostatic effect of MSG was studied by Jaiarj eta/ (l985a). It was found that MSG decreased the bleeding times of the wounds made by excising the tails or by incising the femoral veins ofWistar rats. In an in vitro study with human blood, th...

Glutamate is a main constituent of dietary protein and is also consumed in many prepared foods as an additive in the form of monosodium glutamate. Evidence from human and animal studies indicates that glutamate is a major oxidative fuel for the gut and that dietary glutamate is extensively metabolized in first pass by the intestine. Glutamate also is an important precursor for bioactive molecul...

AIMS The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of acute and chronic exposure to alcohol on taste responses to a prototypic umami substance, monosodium glutamate (MSG). METHODS The rated intensity and pleasantness of MSG taste (0.03-10.0%) was compared in chronic male alcoholics (n = 35) and control subjects (n = 25). In a separate experiment, the effects of acute exposure of th...