# essential nutrient

> chemical substance that needs to be ingested by some organism (use P248 "of") in order to sustain its core metabolism

**Wikidata**: [Q705835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705835)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_nutrient)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/essential-nutrient


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013