Chemicals and Drugs

Micronutrients

Essential dietary elements or organic compounds that are required in only small quantities for normal physiologic processes to occur.

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Abstract

Essential dietary elements or organic compounds that are required in only small quantities for normal physiologic processes to occur.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Micronutrient

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Aspects Covered

28 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific micronutrient if pertinent

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History Note

96; was see TRACE ELEMENTS 1994-95

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Previous Indexing

  • Trace Elements (1966-1995)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Micronutrients. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018977. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018977
  2. Micronutrients. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronutrient
  3. Micronutrients. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531507