Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Sodium Chloride

Sodium chloride used in foods.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Sodium chloride used in foods.

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Classification

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Drug Class

Pharmacological Action

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Sodium Chloride, Dietary
  • Table Salt
  • Chloride, Dietary Sodium
  • Salt, Table

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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

note entry term TABLE SALT; /adv eff: coord with disease /etiol, not /chem ind; /ther use: coord with disease /diet ther

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Sodium Chloride (1966-1993)
  • Sodium, Dietary (1988-1993)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. D01w.857w.650w.705w
  2. D01w.857w.875.705w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Sodium Chloride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017673. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017673
  2. Dietary Sodium Chloride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt
  3. Dietary Sodium Chloride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11254