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MeSH Heading: Micronutrients
Tree Number(s): D27.505.696.494; G07.203.300.681.500; J02.500.681.500
Unique ID: D018977
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018977
Annotation: coordinate with specific micronutrient if pertinent
Scope Note: Essential dietary elements or organic compounds that are required in only small quantities for normal physiologic processes to occur.
Previous Indexing: Trace Elements (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96; was see TRACE ELEMENTS 1994-95
Online Note: use TRACE ELEMENTS to search MICRONUTRIENTS 1994-95
History Note: 96; was see TRACE ELEMENTS 1994-95
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/24
Revision Date: 2019/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Micronutrients MeSH Descriptor Data 2025