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Descriptor English: Salts
Descriptor Spanish: Sales (Química)
Descriptor sales (química)
Entry term(s) sal
Scope note: Sustancias producidas por la reacción entre ácidos y bases; compuestos que constan de un metal (positivo) y un radical no metálico (negativo). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Sais
Descriptor French: Sels
Entry term(s): Salt
Tree number(s): D01.786
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012492
Scope note: Substances produced from the reaction between acids and bases; compounds consisting of a metal (positive) and nonmetal (negative) radical. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Annotation: note plural: not for "salt" referring to common salt (SODIUM CHLORIDE) or TABLE SALT see SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; GEN; NIM; Manual 25.5.5.2
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
DeCS ID: 12868
Unique ID: D012492
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Salts - Preferred
Concept UI M0019407
Scope note Substances produced from the reaction between acids and bases; compounds consisting of a metal (positive) and nonmetal (negative) radical. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Preferred term Salts
Entry term(s) Salt



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