A salt or ester of butyric acid, found naturally in butter and produced by gut bacteria.
From butyric acid + -ate suffix (indicating a salt or ester of an acid). The compound name follows IUPAC chemical nomenclature rules.
Butyrate produced by your gut bacteria when you eat fiber is actually medicine—it feeds your intestinal lining cells, reduces inflammation, and may even influence your brain through the gut-brain axis!
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