DietarySupplement

DietarySupplement Type

A product taken by mouth that contains a dietary ingredient intended to supplement the diet. Dietary ingredients may include vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars and metabolites.

Own Properties

Properties of @schema/DietarySupplement	Expected Type	Description
@schema/activeIngredient	@schema/Text	An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances.
@schema/isProprietary	@schema/Boolean	True if this item's name is a proprietary/brand name (vs. generic name).
@schema/legalStatus	@schema/MedicalEnumeration , @schema/Text or @schema/DrugLegalStatus	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
@schema/manufacturer	@schema/Organization	The manufacturer of the product.
@schema/maximumIntake	@schema/MaximumDoseSchedule	Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority.
@schema/mechanismOfAction	@schema/Text	The specific biochemical interaction through which this drug or supplement produces its pharmacological effect.
@schema/nonProprietaryName	@schema/Text	The generic name of this drug or supplement.
@schema/proprietaryName	@schema/Text	Proprietary name given to the diet plan, typically by its originator or creator.
@schema/recommendedIntake	@schema/RecommendedDoseSchedule	Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority.
@schema/safetyConsideration	@schema/Text	Any potential safety concern associated with the supplement. May include interactions with other drugs and foods, pregnancy, breastfeeding, known adverse reactions, and documented efficacy of the supplement.
@schema/targetPopulation	@schema/Text	Characteristics of the population for which this is intended, or which typically uses it, e.g. 'adults'.

Inherited Properties

Properties inherited from @schema/Substance	Expected Type	Description
@schema/activeIngredient	@schema/Text	An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances.
@schema/maximumIntake	@schema/MaximumDoseSchedule	Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority.

Properties inherited from @schema/MedicalEntity	Expected Type	Description
@schema/code	@schema/MedicalCode	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
@schema/guideline	@schema/MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
@schema/legalStatus	@schema/MedicalEnumeration , @schema/Text or @schema/DrugLegalStatus	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
@schema/medicineSystem	@schema/MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
@schema/recognizingAuthority	@schema/Organization	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
@schema/relevantSpecialty	@schema/MedicalSpecialty	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
@schema/study	@schema/MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.

Properties inherited from @schema/Thing	Expected Type	Description
@schema/additionalType	@schema/URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
@schema/alternateName	@schema/Text	An alias for the item.
@schema/description	@schema/Text	A description of the item.
@schema/disambiguatingDescription	@schema/Text	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
@schema/identifier	@schema/PropertyValue , @schema/URL or @schema/Text	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
@schema/image	@schema/ImageObject or @schema/URL	An image of the item. This can be a [[URL]] or a fully described [[ImageObject]].
@schema/mainEntityOfPage	@schema/CreativeWork or @schema/URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
@schema/name	@schema/Text	The name of the item.
@schema/potentialAction	@schema/Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
@schema/sameAs	@schema/URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
@schema/subjectOf	@schema/Event or @schema/CreativeWork	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
@schema/url	@schema/URL	URL of the item.