Chemicals and Drugs

Flavoring Agents

Substances added to foods and medicine to improve the taste.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Substances added to foods and medicine to improve the taste.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Flavor Additives
  • Flavor Enhancers
  • Additive, Flavor
  • Additives, Flavor
  • Agent, Flavoring
  • Agents, Flavoring
  • Enhancer, Flavor
  • Enhancers, Flavor
  • Flavor Additive
  • Flavor Enhancer
  • Flavoring Agent

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Aspects Covered

21 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific substance if pertinent

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History Note

VANILLIN was see FLAVORING AGENTS 1983, was heading 1963-82

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Tree Numbers

  1. D26.650.294w
  2. D27.720.372.300w.353w
  3. D27.720.744.294w
  4. G07.203.300w.514.500w.400w
  5. J02.500w.514.500w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Flavoring Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005421. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005421
  2. Flavoring Agents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_enhancer
  3. Flavoring Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898745