Substance
Any matter of defined composition that has discrete existence, whose origin may be biological, mineral or chemical.
Extends: MedicalEntity
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| activeIngredient | Text | An active ingredient, typically chemical compounds and/or biologic substances. |
| maximumIntake | MaximumDoseSchedule | Recommended intake of this supplement for a given population as defined by a specific recommending authority. |
[MedicalEntity](https://schema.org.ai/MedicalEntity) Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. |
| funding | Grant | A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo. |
| guideline | MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. |
| legalStatus | DrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, Text | The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. |
| medicineSystem | MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. |
| recognizingAuthority | Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. |
| relevantSpecialty | MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. |
| study | MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. |
[Thing](https://schema.org.ai/Thing) Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| additionalType | Text, 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... |
| alternateName | Text | An alias for the item. |
| description | Text, TextObject | A description of the item. |
| disambiguatingDescription | 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 descr... |
| identifier | URL, Text, PropertyValue | 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 re... |
| image | ImageObject, URL | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
| mainEntityOfPage | CreativeWork, URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. |
| name | Text | The name of the item. |
| potentialAction | Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
| sameAs | 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. |
| subjectOf | Event, CreativeWork | A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing. |
| url | URL | URL of the item. |
Subtypes
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| DietarySupplement | 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 substanc... |
| Drug | A chemical or biologic substance, used as a medical therapy, that has a physiological effect on an organism. Here the term drug is used interchangeably with the term medicine although clinical know... |