Category: U

Foods that carry only the sodium naturally present in the ingredients.  

Created as an independent department in 1862; website http: / /www.usda.gov.  

Reference intakes used for nutritional labelling of foods in the USA.  

The end-product of purine metabolism. The final end product of certain proteins in the body or from the diet, especially the nucleoproteins found in the nucleus of cells. Unlike the much smaller protein waste product urea, which is mostly recycled to form many amino acids, uric acid is an unrecyclable metabolite. It is a bent…

Areas of the mRNA transcript that do not encode for protein synthesis but may contain features that control the regulation of gene expression. These are found both proximal (5′) and distal (3′) to the coding sequence.  

Introduction of double bonds.  

A shorthand term for children under 5 years of age; a period of rapid growth and relatively high nutritional requirements. Mortality in children at this age is a commonly used public health indicator. Clinics targeted at this age group are called under-five clinics. They traditionally combine nutrition and growth monitoring, immunisation, and simple curative treatment.…

Name given to the special taste of monosodium glutamate, protein, certain amino acids, and the ribonucleotides (inosinate and guanylate). The Japanese name for a savoury flavour, now considered one of the five basic senses of taste.  

A committee of physicians and other clinical staff formed in a hospital to review the quality of services rendered, the length of hospital stay for inpatients, and the effective and appropriate use of various clinical services. A committee charged with the review of health care utilization, effectiveness, and cost. A committee, made up primarily of…