Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Potassium

Potassium or potassium compounds used in foods or as foods.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Potassium or potassium compounds used in foods or as foods.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Potassium, Dietary

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Aspects Covered

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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Indexing Annotation

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

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History Note

93

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Previous Indexing

  • Potassium (1966-1992)

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Tree Number

  1. D01w.745.775

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Potassium. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017419. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017419
  2. Dietary Potassium. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67233756