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Hypercalcemia
Hypercalcemia Definition Hypercalcemia is an abnormally high level of calcium in the blood, usually more than 10.5 milligrams per deciliter of blood. Description Calcium plays an important role in the development and maintenance of bones in the body. It is also needed in tooth formation and is... Read more |
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calcium chloride
calcium chloride CaCl 2 , chemical compound that is crystalline, lumpy, or flaky, is usually white, and is very soluble in water. The anhydrous compound is hygroscopic; it rapidly absorbs water and is used to dry gases by passing them through it. Calcium chloride is commercially available usually... Read more |
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Ca
Ca symbol for the element calcium .... Read more |
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lactic acid
lactic acid CH 3 CHOHCO 2 H, a colorless liquid organic acid. It is miscible with water or ethanol. Lactic acid is a fermentation product of lactose (milk sugar); it is present in sour milk, koumiss, leban, yogurt, and cottage cheese. The protein in milk is coagulated (curdled) by lactic acid.... Read more |
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whiting
whiting white, powdery substance, prepared by grinding chalk or some other source of calcium carbonate. When mixed with linseed oil it forms putty , and with water and several other substances it constitutes whitewash . It is used as a pigment, called Spanish white, as a filler in paints, for... Read more |
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vegetable
vegetable term originally used for any plant, now the name for many food plants, most of them annuals, and for their edible parts. There is no clear botanical distinction between vegetables and fruits. Most vegetables consist largely of water, making them low in calories. They are excellent... Read more |
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phosphate
phosphate salt or ester of phosphoric acid , H 3 PO 4 . Because phosphoric acid is tribasic (having three replaceable hydrogen atoms), it forms monophosphate, diphosphate, and triphosphate salts in which one, two, or three of the hydrogens of the acid are replaced, respectively. Because... Read more |
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magnesia
magnesia common name for the chemical compound magnesium oxide, MgO. It occurs as colorless, cubic crystals. It is refractory, melting at about 2,800°C. It is very slightly soluble in pure water but is soluble in acids and solutions of ammonium salts. The magnesia of commerce is a fine white... Read more |
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Magnesia (chemistry)
magnesia common name for the chemical compound magnesium oxide, MgO. It occurs as colorless, cubic crystals. It is refractory, melting at about 2,800°C. It is very slightly soluble in pure water but is soluble in acids and solutions of ammonium salts. The magnesia of commerce is a fine white... Read more |
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calcium
calcium [Lat.,=lime], metallic chemical element; symbol Ca; at. no. 20; at. wt. 40.08; m.p. about 839°C; b.p. 1,484°C; sp. gr. 1.55 at 20°C; valence +2. Calcium is a malleable, ductile, silver-white, relatively soft metal with face-centered, cubic crystalline structure. Chemically it... Read more |
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How to make your calcium count.
How to Make Your Calcium Count If you're over 65 or past menopause and are not on estrogen therapy, your daily calcium intake should be 1,500 milligrams of calcium (about the amount in five cups of milk, yogurt... |
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You can make calcium count
Question: How important is it to take calcium supplements with meals? I've read that calcium citrate doesn't need to be taken with food but calcium carbonate does. Is this true? - Darlene, Mountville, Pa. Answer: Yes, it's true... |
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Keeping count of calcium. (Highlighted In Science's Signal Transduction...
Transient increases in intracellular calcium concentration [[[Ca.sup.+]].sub.i] communicate...of some proteins but reduced the expression of others. Thus calcium signaling does not act as a simple on/off switch to initiate... |
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TUMS Tapped as Safe Calcium Supplement; Study Says Consumers Can Count on its...
...Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- TUMS, the calcium supplement and antacid, is a safe and pure form of calcium that consumers can use with confidence...TUMS contains an extremely pure form of calcium. TUMS, which has been marketed in the... |
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Don't count on cottage cheese for your calcium
...cheese included on most lists of high- calcium foods? A. Because of how cottage cheese is produced, it is not as concentrated in calcium as are milk, yogurt and other cheeses...cheese contains 60 to 100 milligrams of calcium in a half-cup serving, rather than... |
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Bone up on choices of calcium supplements
...advises you otherwise, your daily intake of calcium should not exceed 1,500 milligrams. The U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance (USRDA) for calcium is 1,000 milligrams. If the calcium count of your supplement is expressed as a percentage... |
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Calcium is everywhere.(Brief Article)
...better overall protection. All calcium counts A packet of instant oatmeal contains 168 mg of calcium. One English muffin has 92 mg of calcium. A corn tortilla has 60 mg...plenty. I don't want you to count every milligram of ... |
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Strike it rich! (Calcium rich, that is)
...nondairy options, meeting the daily calcium requirement (see p. 47) is easier...Soup Almond-Fig Shake [Sidebar] calcium counts [Sidebar] The recommended Dietary Reference Intake for calcium is 1,000 milligrams (mg.) per day... |
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Calcium: content isn't everything! (At Home With Nutrition).
...beverages are popular but their calcium has been shown to be less well...5) It's not how much calcium one consumes that counts, it's how much one's body absorbs. Food Serving size Calcium % amount (mg) absorbed Milk... |
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Beyond calcium: nutrition strategies to protect your bones.
...absorb calcium; others force calcium out. To maintain body calcium and reduce the risk of osteoporosis, an adequate calcium intake just isn't enough. It's calcium retention that counts, according to Connie Weaver, Ph.D., of ... |