| Title |
Monosodium glutamate avoidance for chronic asthma in adults and children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd004357.pub4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yan Zhou, Ming Yang, Bi Rong Dong |
| Abstract |
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of the non-essential amino acid, glutamic acid, and is used as a flavour enhancer. It has been implicated in causing adverse reactions, which have been referred to as "Chinese restaurant syndrome". Over the last two decades there have been a number of studies investigating whether MSG ingestion induces an asthmatic response, and several reviews have been published (ILSI 1991; Stevenson 2000; Woods 2001), but no meta-analysis or Cochrane systematic review has been performed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 | 27% |
| Japan | 2 | 13% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Antarctica | 1 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 87% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 165 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
| Researcher | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 61 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 8 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 64 | 38% |
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