Chemicals and Drugs

Unsaturated Dietary Fats

Unsaturated fats or oils used in foods or as a food.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Unsaturated fats or oils used in foods or as a food.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
  • Dietary Fat, Unsaturated
  • Fat, Unsaturated Dietary
  • Fats, Unsaturated Dietary
  • Unsaturated Dietary Fat
  • Dietary Oils
  • Dietary Oil
  • Oil, Dietary
  • Oils, Dietary

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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

/adv eff: coord with disease /etiol, not /chem /ind; /ther use: coord with specific disease /diet ther

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Dietary Fats (1966-1986)
  • Oils (1966-1986)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D10w.212w.302.380
  2. G07.203.300w.375.400
  3. J02.500w.375.400

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Unsaturated Dietary Fats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004042. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004042
  2. Unsaturated Dietary Fats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98881306