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butyrates

butyrates is the plural of butyrate.

Meaning of butyrate

Noun

butyrate (plural butyrates)

  1. 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.1995, M. C. L. Pitcher, J. H. Cummings, “62: Colonic fermentation, sulphur metabolism and ulcerative colitis”, in Guido Tytgat, J. F. W. M. Bartelsman, S. J. H. van Deventer, editors, Inflammatory...
    Synonyms:
    butanoate

Questions about butyrates

What is butyrates the plural of?
Butyrates is the plural of butyrate.

Words near butyrates in the dictionary

  1. butyrals
  2. butyramide
  3. butyramides
  4. butyrate
  5. butyrated
  6. butyrates
  7. butyration
  8. butyrellite
  9. butyric
  10. butyric acid
  11. butyric acids

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