Structured Summary
Abstract
A ubiquitous sodium salt that is commonly used to season food.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- ClNa
- Molecular Weight
- 58.44 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 7647-14-5
- IUPAC Name
- sodium chloride
- InChIKey
- FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- [Na+].[Cl-]
- MeSH Unique ID
- D012965
- Source
- PubChem CID 5234
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Synonyms
2 entry terms
- Sodium Chloride, (22)Na
- Sodium Chloride, (24)NaCl
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23 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, 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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for intake of table salt use SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sodium Chloride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012965
- Sodium Chloride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_chloride
- Sodium Chloride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2314
- Sodium Chloride. In: PubChem Compound. CID 5234. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5234