glutamic acid. noun, Biochemistry. 1. an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food.
Raikoke (Russian: ÑÐ°Ð¹ÐºÐ¾ÐºÐµ, Japanese: é·å¬è¨å³¶), also spelled Raykoke, is an uninhabited volcanic island near the centre of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) across Golovnin Strait from Matua. Its name is derived from the Ainu language, from âhellmouthâ.
Located in the north-west of St Petersburg Russia on Kamenny Island (Stone Island), the Kamenny Palace, a Neo-Classical building, is the official residence of the Governor of St Petersburg and is not open to the public.