Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates present in food comprising digestible sugars and starches and indigestible cellulose and other dietary fibers. The former are the major source of energy. The sugars are in beet and cane sugar, fruits, honey, sweet corn, corn syrup, milk and milk products, etc.; the starches are in cereal grains, legumes (FABACEAE), tubers, etc. (From Claudio & Lagua, Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary, 3d ed, p32, p277)

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Carbohydrates present in food comprising digestible sugars and starches and indigestible cellulose and other dietary fibers. The former are the major source of energy. The sugars are in beet and cane sugar, fruits, honey, sweet corn, corn syrup, milk and milk products, etc.; the starches are in cereal grains, legumes (FABACEAE), tubers, etc. (From Claudio & Lagua, Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary, 3d ed, p32, p277)

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3 entry terms
  • Carbohydrates, Dietary
  • Carbohydrate, Dietary
  • Dietary Carbohydrate

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23 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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/adv eff: coordinate with disease /etiol, not /chem ind; /ther use: coordinate with specific disease /diet ther

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  1. D09w.301
  2. G07.203.300w.362
  3. J02.500w.362

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Carbohydrates. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004040. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004040
  2. Dietary Carbohydrates. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69523233