butyrate

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butyrate

noun butyrates

Any salt or ester of butyric acid. It is butyrate, however, which is the fatty acid of most importance to the colonic epithelial cell. Apart from being an important respiratory fuel for the colonocyte, butyrate has remarkably diverse properties in a wide range of cells.
Similar: butanoate

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noun any salt or ester of butyric acid

日本語	酪酸塩 rakusan'en

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@misc{butyrate_2026,
  title = {butyrate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butyrate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}