Concept information
Preferred term
Dietary Supplements
Type
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Definition
- Products in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide dietary ingredients, and that are intended to be taken by mouth to increase the intake of nutrients. Dietary supplements can include macronutrients, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats; and/or MICRONUTRIENTS, such as VITAMINS; MINERALS; and PHYTOCHEMICALS. A term coined from a contraction of nutrition and pharmaceutical to mean a component of food that has bioactive effects. It is used in marketing and has no regulatory definition. Phytochemicals, botanicals and other plant-based products intended to be taken by mouth.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Dietary Supplementations
- Food Supplementations
- Food Supplements
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CLMG7B7Z-V
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