Talk:Butyric acid

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is it butyric acid or butryic acid that is a plant stimulant?

From google, indole-3-butyric acid is a plant hormone. (So is indole acetic acid). Tristanb 06:26, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Can humans make butyrate during diabetic ketoacidosis when they increase the blood levels of free fatty acids?


According to PubChem, butyric acid is a histamine antagonist. This should be more explicitly stated in the article (toward the end it mentions the effects on histone). Fuzzform 17:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)