title: Plasma glutamic acid levels in premature newborn.
abstract: 24 premature, newborn infants were investigated for plasma glutamic acid (GA) levels before and after a normal milk feed, to ascertain if the ingestion of GA present in the milk could result in an increase of its plasma level. No increases were detected in plasma between 5 and 90 min after the feed. These results may be important in respect to the problem of the possible toxicity of monosodium glutamate (MSG) added to baby foods.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005971:Glutamates / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008892:Milk / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D012970:Sodium Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D012970:Sodium Glutamate