| Formula = C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>12</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
| MolarMass = 160.17 g/mol
| Density = 1.211 g/mL
| BoilingPtC = 427.5
}}
}}
'''''gamma''-Glutamylmethylamide''', also known as '''GMA''', '''''N''-methyl-<small>L</small>-glutamine''', and '''metheanine''', is an [[amino acid]] found in [[green tea]],<ref name="Hypotensive-Yokogoshi">{{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}}</ref> which is structurally related to <small>L</small>-[[theanine]] and <small>L</small>-[[glutamine]].
'''''gamma''-Glutamylmethylamide''', also known as '''GMA''', '''''N''-methyl-<small>L</small>-glutamine''', and '''metheanine''', is an amino acid found in green tea, which is structurally related to <small>L</small>-[[theanine]] and <small>L</small>-glutamine.
GMA has been shown to be an effective [[hypotensive]], more so than <small>L</small>-theanine.<ref name="Hypotensive-Yokogoshi" />
GMA has been shown to be an effective hypotensive, more so than <small>L</small>-theanine.
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* [[Green tea]]
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:31, 8 October 2013
Gamma-Glutamylmethylamide
gamma-Glutamylmethylamide, also known as GMA, N-methyl-L-glutamine, and metheanine, is an amino acid found in green tea, which is structurally related to L-theanine and L-glutamine.
GMA has been shown to be an effective hypotensive, more so than L-theanine.
