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lamb

Ovis aries

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₉H₁₈O₂
4-methyloctanoic acid
C₉H₁₈O₂

the taste of lamb

C₅H₉NO₄
glutamic acid
C₅H₉NO₄

concentrated umami

C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂
tryptophan
C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂

the meat's amino acid