Glossary for Nutrition Research

The Glossary below provides brief definitions of the terms used on the NHRI site. Links are provided to more detailed information.

Glossary for Nutrition Research, A through F
Glossary for Nutrition Research, G through M
Glossary for Nutrition Research, N through S
Glossary for Nutrition Research, T through Z

Talking About Trans Fat: What You Need to Know

Food Facts about Trans Fat from the Food and Drug Administration. Posted February 7, 2013. Read more »

Explaining Research

By Elwood Richard, BS.  This section describes the processes used in various types of nutritional research and their significance. Read more »

Extrapolation of Animal Dose to Human

This article shows how to convert from animal data to human data.  By Leonid Ber M.D.  Posted January 9, 2012. Read more »

How In Vitro (Cell or Test Tube Studies) Relate to Human Health

This article covers the limitations of test tube (in vitro or cell studies) and animal studies. By Amy Kosowski, MS.  Posted May 4, 2011 Read more »

Challenges in Designing and Understanding Nutritional Research – Informed Opinion

By  Neil Levin,  CCN, DANLA.  Originally published in the Journal of Applied Nutrition, Vol 55, No. 1, 2005 8-15. © 2006 Neil E. Levin and the Journal of Applied Nutrition.  Posted May 6, 2009. Read more »

Nutritional Abbreviations

A list of the common abbreviations used in our website. Read more »

Nutritional Prefixes and Suffixes

The following sometimes have other meanings in other sciences. Posted November 5, 2012. Read more »

Botanical Names-English and Latin

View the list of over 400 botanicals.  They are listed in alphabetical order  “English to Latin” and then “Latin to English”. Read more »

Atomic Number and Weights

This table gives the atomic number and weight of all common elements. Atomic weights are useful in determining how much substance to use for industrial reactions. Elements in the list with high atomic weights include heavy metals which are sometimes toxic.  View table