A four carbon acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, with an unpleasant odor that occurs in butter and animal fat as the glycerol ester.
Butyric Acid has been studied across 17 research domains including 🦠 Gut & Microbiome, 🔬 Oncology, 🔥 Metabolic, 🧠 Focus & Attention, 🔬 Inflammation. The primary research focus is 🦠 Gut & Microbiome with 21% of studies addressing this area.
The following compounds share molecular targets with Butyric Acid, based on binding affinity data from BindingDB and ChEMBL. Sorted by shared target overlap.
This evidence profile for Butyric Acid is generated deterministically from 300 PubMed-indexed studies. All data is corpus-verified with Merkle proofs. BiohacksAI does not provide medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before starting any supplement regimen.
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