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Butyric Acids

Medical Definition:	4-carbon acids, salts, and derivatives of BUTYRIC ACID.
Guide Notes:	BUTYRIC ACID is also available
Previously Indexed:	Butyrates (1968-1974)

Butyric Acids Categories.

	3-Hydroxybutyric Acid - BUTYRIC ACID substituted in the beta or 3 position. It is one of the ketone bodies produced in the liver and occurs at high levels in the blood and urine in KETOSIS. (From Dorland's, 28th ed)
	Aminobutyric Acids - Aliphatic four carbon acids substituted in any position(s) with amino group(s). They are found in most living things. The best known is GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID.
	Butyric Acid - A four carbon acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, with an unpleasant odor that occurs in butter and animal fat as the glycerol ester.
	Clofibric Acid - An antilipemic agent and the biologically active metabolite of CLOFIBRATE.
	Crotonic Acids - 4-Carbon monounsaturated monocarboxylic acids with the unsaturation in the 2 position.

Butyric Acids Medical Definitions and Terms

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