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Descriptor English: Calcium Citrate
Descriptor Spanish: Citrato de Calcio
Descriptor citrato de calcio
Entry term(s) citrato cálcico
Scope note: Sal de calcio y ácido cítrico, un ácido orgánico tricarboxílico, en forma de polvo cristalino blanco o incoloro que se encuentra en plantas, especialmente en los cítricos y se utiliza como condimento y agente antioxidante para los alimentos y también como secuestrante. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Citrato de Cálcio
Descriptor French: Citrate de calcium
Entry term(s): Calcium Citrates
Citrate, Calcium
Citrates, Calcium
Tree number(s): D01.146.307
D02.241.081.901.434.249.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019355
Scope note: A colorless crystalline or white powdery organic, tricarboxylic acid occurring in plants, especially citrus fruits, and used as a flavoring agent, as an antioxidant in foods, and as a sequestrating agent. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
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
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Citrates
Pharm Action: Food Additives
Registry Number: MLM29U2X85
Previous Indexing: Citrates (1979-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97; CALCIUM CITRATE was indexed under CITRATES 1979-96
Online Note: use CITRIC ACID (NM) to search CALCIUM CITRATE 1980-96
History Note: 97; CALCIUM CITRATE was SY to CITRIC ACID (NM) 1979-96
DeCS ID: 32978
Unique ID: D019355
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Calcium Citrate - Preferred
Concept UI M0028810
Scope note A colorless crystalline or white powdery organic, tricarboxylic acid occurring in plants, especially citrus fruits, and used as a flavoring agent, as an antioxidant in foods, and as a sequestrating agent. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Preferred term Calcium Citrate
Entry term(s) Calcium Citrates
Citrate, Calcium
Citrates, Calcium



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