Also called monosodium glutamate (41 GMS; It is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, amino acid ( 41 organic molecule; essential not abundant in nature. It is an additive that the food industry uses as a flavor enhancer and identifies that internationally, as the rest of additives ( preservatives,... ) with a letter and a number. It is E621, isolated in 1908 by Kikunae Ikeda Japanese teacher from the seaweed kombu ( laminaria japonica ). It has the appearance of a white crystalline powder. From the second half of the 20th century discussed much about its toxicity. Some are still defending it. For the international food agencies is an item safe for human consumption, as in experiments with rats a consumption of 18 g per kilo of weight was necessary to cause death, which is a thousand times greater than that of a normal person use in one day. Critics still arguing that it can that glutamate to accumulate in the body and is not ejected. I don't know if science has responded to this.
