Butyric Acid
"Butyric Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A four carbon acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, with an unpleasant odor that occurs in butter and animal fat as the glycerol ester.
| Descriptor ID |
D020148
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.114.750 D10.251.400.143.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Butyric Acid- Butyric Acid
- Acid, Butyric
- Butanoic Acid
- Acid, Butanoic
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Heruth DP, Zirnstein GW, Bradley JF, Rothberg PG. Sodium butyrate causes an increase in the block to transcriptional elongation in the c-myc gene in SW837 rectal carcinoma cells. J Biol Chem. 1993 Sep 25; 268(27):20466-72.