Gamma-Glutamylmethylamide

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Name = (2"S")-2-Amino-5-(methylamino)-5-oxopentanoic acid
ImageFile = GMA_2D_Structure.png ImageName = gamma-Glutamylmethylamide
ImageFile1 = GMA3d.png ImageName1 = gamma-Glutamylmethylamide
IUPACName =(2"S")-2-amino-5-(methylamino)-5-oxopentanoic acid
OtherNames = "N"-Methyl-L-glutamine
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 3081-62-7
SMILES = OC( [C@H] (CCC(NC)=O)N)=O
Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = C₆H₁₂N₂O₃
MolarMass = 160.17 g/mol

gamma-Glutamylmethylamide, also known as GMA, "N"-methyl-L-glutamine, and metheanine, is an amino acid found in green tea,cite journal | author=Yokogoshi H, Kobayashi M. | title=Hypotensive effect of gamma-glutamylmethylamide in spontaneously hypertensive rats. | journal=Life Sci. | year=1998 | pages=1065–8 | volume=62 | issue=12 | pmid=9519808 | doi=10.1016/S0024-3205(98)00029-0] which is structurally related to L-theanine and L-glutamine.

GMA has been shown to be an effective hypotensive, more so than l-theanine.

See also

* Theanine
* Green tea

References