Hydroxybutyric acid

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title: Hydroxybutyric acid
text: Hydroxybutyric acid is a group of four-carbon organic compounds that have both hydroxyl and carboxylic acid functional groups. They can be viewed as derivatives of butyric acid. The carboxylate anion and the esters of hydroxybutyric acids are known as hydroxybutyrates. β-hydroxybutyric acid is relevant to human health as it is a member of a class of products of fatty acid oxidation referred to as ketone bodies. The isomers are distinguished by the distance between the two functional groups and t
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description: Index of chemical compounds with the same name
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