Calcium gluconate

Introduction: Calcium gluconate

Description of Calcium gluconate

Calcium gluconate: a salt of calcium more palatable than the chloride, sometimes used as a calcium supplement.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Calcium gluconate: The gluconate salt of calcium. An element or mineral necessary for normal nerve, muscle, and cardiac function, calcium as the gluconate salt helps to maintain calcium balance and prevent bone loss when taken orally. This agent may also be chemopreventive for colon and other cancers. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Calcium gluconate: The calcium salt of gluconic acid. The compound has a variety of uses, including its use as a calcium replenisher in hypocalcemic states.
Source: MeSH 2007

Calcium gluconate: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Calcium gluconate:

• Calcium
• Calcium disorder
• Gluconate

Terms associated with Calcium gluconate:

Terms Similar to Calcium gluconate:

• Calcium glubionate

Source: Diseases Database

Broader terms for Calcium gluconate

• Gluconates

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Calcium gluconate

The following list attempts to classify Calcium gluconate into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Organic Chemicals
  • Carboxylic Acids
    • Acids, Acyclic
      • Sugar Acids
        • Gluconates
          • Calcium Gluconate

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Organic Chemicals
  • Carboxylic Acids
    • Hydroxy Acids
      • Sugar Acids
        • Gluconates
          • Calcium Gluconate

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Carbohydrates
  • Sugar Acids
    • Gluconates
      • Calcium Gluconate

External links related to: Calcium gluconate

• Cagluc Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Calcium Gluconate - RxList Monographs
• MedDet

Source: Diseases Database

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