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L-Glutamic acid hydrochloride

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

• Synonym(s): (S)-2-Aminoglutaric acid, (S)-2-Aminopentanedioic acid ammonium salt, Glu HCl
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₅H₉NO₄ · HCl
• CAS Number: 138-15-8
• Molecular Weight: 183.59
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• NACRES: NA.24
• PubChem Substance ID: 329749951
• MDL number: MFCD00012619
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 3565569

Properties

• grade: pharmaceutical primary standard
• agency: USP
• API family: glutamic acid
• manufacturer/tradename: USP
• application(s): pharmaceutical (small molecule)
• format: neat
• SMILES string: Cl.N[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O
• InChI: 1S/C5H9NO4.ClH/c6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8;/h3H,1-2,6H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10);1H/t3-;/m0./s1
• InChI key: RPAJSBKBKSSMLJ-DFWYDOINSA-N

Description

General description

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Application

ʟ-Glutamic acid hydrochloride USP reference standard, intended for use in specified quality tests and assays as specified in the USP compendia.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Agonist at kainate, NMDA, and quisqualate receptors; an excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter.

Analysis Note

These products are for test and assay use only. They are not meant for administration to humans or animals and cannot be used to diagnose, treat, or cure diseases of any kind.  ​

Other Notes

Sales restrictions may apply.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H314
• pcodes: P260 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P363
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1
• Storage Class: 8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials
• wgk: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable