Consensus meeting: Monosodium glutamate - An update

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-313

  Beyreuther, K ^a   Biesalski, H K ^b   Fernstrom, J D ^c   Grimm, P ^d   Hammes, W P ^b   Heinemann, U ^e   Kempski, O ^f   Stehle, P ^g   Steinhart, H ^h   Walker, R ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Nutrition Communication   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHEESE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECREASED APPETITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLAVOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GERMANY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SALT INTAKE; TOMATO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPETITE REGULATION; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 33847666433     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602526     Document Type: Article

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