Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Sodium

Sodium or sodium compounds used in foods or as a food. The most frequently used compounds are sodium chloride or sodium glutamate.

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Abstract

Sodium or sodium compounds used in foods or as a food. The most frequently used compounds are sodium chloride or sodium glutamate.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Sodium, 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; /defic = SODIUM /defic but consider also HYPONATREMIA; for intake of table salt index under SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY

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Previous Indexing

  • Diet, Sodium-Restricted (1966-1987)
  • Sodium (1966-1987)
  • Sodium Chloride (1966-1987)
  • Sodium Glutamate (1975-1987)

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  1. D01w.857w.875

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Sodium. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012982. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012982
  2. Dietary Sodium. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74801207