Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Sugars

MONOSACCHARIDES and DISACCHARIDES present in food, such as those present in fruits and vegetables and milk products, or those added to food such as DIETARY SUCROSE (table sugar) or HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP.

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Abstract

MONOSACCHARIDES and DISACCHARIDES present in food, such as those present in fruits and vegetables and milk products, or those added to food such as DIETARY SUCROSE (table sugar) or HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Dietary Sugar
  • Sugars, Dietary
  • Sugar, Dietary

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, 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: coordinate with disease /etiol, not /chem ind; /ther use: coordinate with specific disease /diet ther

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History Note

2018; use DIETARY SUCROSE 1997-2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Dietary Carbohydrates (1964-2017)
  • Dietary Sucrose (1964-2017)

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  1. D09w.301.831
  2. D09w.947w.500
  3. G07.203.300w.362.831
  4. J02.500w.362.831

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QU 81

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Sugars. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073417. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073417
  2. Dietary Sugars. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104972014