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Definition of Oxybutyric acid
1. Noun. Hydroxy derivative of butyric acid.
Generic synonyms: Butanoic Acid, Butyric Acid
Specialized synonyms: Beta-hydroxybutyric Acid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxybutyric Acid
Literary usage of Oxybutyric acid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"oxybutyric acid in Diabetic Urine. — Wolpe has endeavoured to determine in cases
of diabetes, (1) what is the relationship between the excretion of ..."
2. Chemical and Microscopical Diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"The ether extract, which contains the 0-oxybutyric acid, is evaporated over ...
For the final identification of 0-oxybutyric acid by any of the tests given ..."
3. Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus by Francis Gano Benedict, Elliott Proctor Joslin (1910)
"The lowest and highest quantities of /8-oxybutyric acid present ... Almost the
maximum quantity of /8-oxybutyric acid obtained in any of the cases was found ..."
4. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopic and Chemical Methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1900)
"oxybutyric acid. The fact that in some cases of diabetes an excessive elimination
... oxybutyric acid. The occurrence of this acid in the urine of diabetic ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry: For Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"/3-oxybutyric acid. This acid is never found in the urine under normal conditions.
... As regards the origin of the /3-oxybutyric acid, there is evidence to ..."
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