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  2. Sodium in biology - Wikipedia

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    Sodium chloride is the principal source of sodium in the diet, and is used as seasoning and preservative, such as for pickling and jerky; most of it comes from processed foods. [6] The Adequate Intake for sodium is 1.2 to 1.5 g per day, [ 7 ] but on average people in the United States consume 3.4 g per day, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] the minimum amount that ...

  3. Glycoprotein - Wikipedia

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    Miraculin, is a glycoprotein extracted from Synsepalum dulcificum a berry which alters human tongue receptors to recognize sour foods as sweet. [11] Variable surface glycoproteins allow the sleeping sickness Trypanosoma parasite to escape the immune response of the host. The viral spike of the human immunodeficiency virus is heavily ...

  4. Salt equivalent - Wikipedia

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    Salt equivalent is usually quoted on food nutrition information tables on food labels, and is a different way of defining sodium intake, noting that salt is chemically sodium chloride. To convert from sodium to the approximate salt equivalent, multiply sodium content by 2.5:

  5. Salt - Wikipedia

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    From cold solutions, salt crystallises as the dihydrate NaCl·2H 2 O. Solutions of sodium chloride have very different properties from those of pure water; the freezing point is −21.12 °C (−6.02 °F) for 23.31 wt% of salt, and the boiling point of saturated salt solution is around 108.7 °C (227.7 °F).

  6. Thiamine - Wikipedia

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    Thiamine is one of the B vitamins and is also known as vitamin B 1. [1] [11] [12] It is a cation that is usually supplied as a chloride salt. [3]It is soluble in water, methanol and glycerol, but practically insoluble in less polar organic solvents.

  7. Fluid balance - Wikipedia

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    The European Food Safety Authority recommends 2.0 litres (70 imp fl oz; 68 US fl oz) of total water per day for women and 2.5 litres (88 imp fl oz; 85 US fl oz) per day for men. [ 3 ] The common advice to drink 8 glasses (1,900 mL or 64 US fl oz) of plain water per day is not scientific; thirst is a better guide for how much water to drink than ...

  8. Oligosaccharide - Wikipedia

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    An example of an N-linked oligosaccharide, shown here with GlcNAc.X is any amino acid except proline. N-Linked glycosylation involves oligosaccharide attachment to asparagine via a beta linkage to the amine nitrogen of the side chain. [7]

  9. Health effects of salt - Wikipedia

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    Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl) and is used in food for both preservation and flavor. Sodium ions are needed in small quantities by most living things, as are chlorine ions. Salt is involved in regulating the water content (fluid balance) of the body. Both sodium and chlorine ions are used for electrical signaling ...