BUTYRIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butyric acid mean? 

• BUTYRIC ACID (noun)
  The noun BUTYRIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter

  Familiarity information: BUTYRIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTYRIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

butanoic acid; butyric acid

Hypernyms ("butyric acid" is a kind of...):

saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butyric acid"):

hydroxybutyric acid; oxybutyric acid (hydroxy derivative of butyric acid)

 Context examples 

An acyloxyalkyl ester prodrug of butyric acid.

(Pivaloyloxymethylbutyrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-sporulating, ferments fructose and glutamate and produces butyric acid as a major metabolic by-product.

(Fusobacterium nucleatum, NCI Thesaurus)

Gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that acts at synapses through binding to ligand-gated ion channels, the GABA receptors.

(GABA Receptor Life Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A process that involves the non-covalent binding of gamma-amino butyric acid to the gamma-amino butyric acid type b receptor.

(Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid Type B Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, produces the type E toxin, can only grow in the absence of oxygen, produces butyric acid, forms endospores and ferments granulose.

(Clostridium butyricum, NCI Thesaurus)

Butyric acid is commonly found in esterified form in animal fats and plant oils.

(Butyric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

The butyric acid salt of the amino acid arginine.

(Arginine butyrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Barbiturate compounds bind to the gamma amino butyric acid (GABA)-A receptor, thereby increasing the influx of chloride ions into the neuron and subsequently causing hyperpolarization, which produces a decrease in neuronal transmission.

(Barbiturate, NCI Thesaurus)

Bendamustine possesses three active moieties: an alkylating group; a benzimidazole ring, which may act as a purine analogue; and a butyric acid side chain.

(Bendamustine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypericin appears to inhibit the neuronal uptake of serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) and L-glutamate, which may contribute to its antidepressant effect.

(Hypericin, NCI Thesaurus)