Sodium butyrate—more properly sodium butanoate—is a salt of butyric (butanoic) acid. If it comes into contact with even a trace of moisture, it emits a faint odor of its foul-smelling conjugate acid.

Butyric acid goes by several other names, including butyrate and butanoic acid. You’ve likely heard that eating fiber is good for your digestion. Part of the reason why eating more fiber may ...

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Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. To make an ester, a hydrogen atom must be removed from the hydroxyl group (–OH) of the alcohol. The –OH portion ...

Study: Short-chain fatty acid metabolites propionate and butyrate are unique epigenetic regulatory elements linking diet, metabolism and gene expression. Image Credit: Love Employee/Shutterstock ...