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Descriptor English: Calcium Carbonate
Descriptor Spanish: Carbonato de Calcio
Descriptor carbonato de calcio
Entry term(s) aragonito
calcita
caliza
carbonato cálcico
leche de calcio
mármol
tiza
Scope note: Sal de calcio y ácido carbónico (CaCO3). Es un polvo o cristal inodoro e insípido, presente en la naturaleza. Se utiliza terapéuticamente como tampón fosfato en los pacientes en hemodiálisis y como suplemento de calcio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Carbonato de Cálcio
Descriptor French: Carbonate de calcium
Entry term(s): Aragonite
Calcite
Calcium Milk
Carbonate, Calcium
Chalk
Limestone
Marble
Milk of Calcium
Vaterite
Tree number(s): D01.146.275
D01.200.275.150.150
D01.578.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002119
Scope note: Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement.
Annotation: occurs in nature as chalk, limestone or marble; used in med as a buffer in hemodialysis
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
Pharm Action: Antacids
Registry Number: H0G9379FGK
CAS Type 1 Name: Carbonic acid calcium salt (1:1)
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 2155
Unique ID: D002119
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/01
Calcium Carbonate - Preferred
Concept UI M0003155
Scope note Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement.
Preferred term Calcium Carbonate
Entry term(s) Carbonate, Calcium
Aragonite - Broader
Concept UI M0003157
Preferred term Aragonite
Vaterite - Broader
Concept UI M0003162
Preferred term Vaterite
Calcite - Broader
Concept UI M0003158
Preferred term Calcite
Limestone - Narrower
Concept UI M0003160
Preferred term Limestone
Marble - Narrower
Concept UI M0003161
Preferred term Marble
Milk of Calcium - Narrower
Concept UI M0003156
Preferred term Milk of Calcium
Entry term(s) Calcium Milk
Chalk - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0003159
Preferred term Chalk



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