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Definition of Butyric acid
1. Noun. An unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter.
Generic synonyms: Saturated Fatty Acid
Specialized synonyms: Hydroxybutyric Acid, Oxybutyric Acid
Definition of Butyric acid
1. Noun. (organic compound) Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C3H7COOH, occurring in animal milk fat. ¹
2. Noun. (fatty acid) Solely the straight chain isomer of the above, normal butyric acid or n-butyric acid, CH3(CH2)2COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principle components of the flavour of butter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Butyric acid
1. An acid of unpleasant odour occurring in butter, cod liver oil, sweat, and many other substances. It exists in two forms: (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butyric Acid
Literary usage of Butyric acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"butyric acid is also found in flesh juice, and is frequently a constituent of
... The occurrence of butyric acid in sour milk U treated of by Thorpe (Chem. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"The analysis of the water of this pool, which was in the neighbourhood of a
farmyard, proved the existence of butyric acid in a saline form in it, ..."
3. The Mechanistic Conception of Life: Biological Essays by Jacques Loeb (1912)
"Six fish were put into 500 cc of each of the following seven mixtures, namely,
1) 100 cc H20 +0.5 cc n/10 butyric acid 2) 96 cc H20+ 4 cc m/2 NaCl+0.5 cc ..."
4. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"By this method a little more than half a pound of coloured butyric acid will be
... It will be found advantageous to agitate the oily butyric acid with ..."
5. Micro-organisms and Fermentation by Alfred Peter Carlslund Jørgensen, Alfred Jörgensen, Alexander Kenneth Miller, A. E. Lennholm (1900)
"butyric acid BACTERIA. When milk which has stood for some time, ... This spontaneous
butyric acid fermentation takes place most vigorously at 35° to 40° C. ..."
6. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopic and chemical methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"That butyric acid may occur in the gastric contents when butter or fats in general
have ... At the same time it should not be forgotten that butyric acid, ..."
7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"Diabetic urine, which contains grape sugar, together with animal matters, likewise
exhibits the butyric acid fermentation. This liquid, set aside between ..."
8. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Normal butyric acid CH3-CH2-CH2-COOH. Occurrence.—In ordinary butter in combination
with' glycerol to the extent of 2 pc ; also in the fruits of ..."
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