National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Calcium Acetate

Synonyms

CALCIUM ACETATE

Acetic Acid, Calcium Salt

Calcium Acetate

Calphron

PhosLo

Definitions

A calcium salt of acetic acid. Calcium is a mineral essential for many cellular functions including nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction, cardiac function, bone formation, and capillary and cell membrane permeability. Calcium acetate is administered orally to prevent or treat calcium deficiency and to treat hyperphosphatemia due to its phosphate-binding properties.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C47429

CAS_Registry

62-54-4

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:3310

Chemical_Formula

2C2H3O2.Ca

code

C47429

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

A calcium salt of acetic acid. Calcium is a mineral essential for many cellular functions including nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction, cardiac function, bone formation, and capillary and cell membrane permeability. Calcium acetate is administered orally to prevent or treat calcium deficiency and to treat hyperphosphatemia due to its phosphate-binding properties.

FDA_UNII_Code

Y882YXF34X

FULL_SYN

CALCIUM ACETATE

Acetic Acid, Calcium Salt

Calcium Acetate

Calphron

PhosLo

label

Calcium Acetate

Legacy Concept Name

Calcium_Acetate

Preferred_Name

Calcium Acetate

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C47429

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0717537

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1505

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