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“Although the death of cultured rat cortical neurons was induced by the application of glutamic acid , this neuronal death was suppressed with exposure to theanine.”
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin • 2002 | View Paper
“ L-Theanine is an amino acid contained in green tea leaves which is known to block the binding of L-glutamic acid to glutamate receptors in the brain.”
Biomedical chromatography : BMC • 2016 | View Paper
“In contrast, the administration of theanine resulted in the concentrations of theanine, urea, ethylamine and glutamic acid in the urine being significantly enhanced.”
“These results suggest that theanine might be degraded via glutamic acid.”