Butyric

Definition of Butyric

Bu`tyr´ic
a.1.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter.
Butyric acid
C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.

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butanoic acid, butyric acid
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