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The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:macronutrient
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Accession:CHEBI:33937 term browser browse the term
Definition:Any nutrient required in large quantities by organisms throughout their life in order to orchestrate a range of physiological functions. Macronutrients are usually chemical elements (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur) that humans consume in the largest quantities. Calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium are sometimes included as macronutrients because they are required in relatively large quantities compared with other vitamins and minerals.
Synonyms:related_synonym: macronutrients



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      CHEBI ontology 20862
        role 20820
          biological role 20818
            physiological role 20817
              food component 20817
                nutrient 20805
                  macronutrient 20777
                    calcium atom + 771
                    carbon atom + 20710
                    hydrogen atom + 20558
                    magnesium atom + 130
                    nitrogen atom + 19595
                    oxygen atom + 20457
                    phosphorus atom + 14832
                    potassium atom + 5033
                    sodium atom + 14063
                    sulfur atom + 18048
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