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Butyric Acid

"Butyric Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A four carbon acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, with an unpleasant odor that occurs in butter and animal fat as the glycerol ester.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Butyric Acid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Butyric Acid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 4 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2020
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