Butyrate
a salt or ester of butyric acid.
Historical Examples
Leather K. J. Adcock
The Art of Perfumery G. W. Septimus Piesse
noun
any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
butyrate
(by’tə-rāt’)
A salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the radical C3H7CO.
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