Any of three glyceryl esters of butyric acid found naturally in butter.
Chemical formula: C₃H₅(C₃H₄O₂)₃
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Sweat I can understand (more beef in the diet might lead to more butyrins excreted in perspiration), soap likewise... but tobacco?
When combined with butyrin and water, it made a cheap and more-or-less palatable butter substitute.
In some fats - e. g., butter - part of the fatty acid is replaced by lower fatty acids - e. g., butyric, or in porpoise oil, by valerianic acid - both occurring as glycerin esters, butyrin, valerin, respectively.
Besides, they possess good storage stability, can be dissolved in low M.W ketones (acetone, butanone) and esters (acetic ether, acetic butyrin).
Definition of butyrin in US English:
butyrin
nounˈbyo͞odərən
Any of three glyceryl esters of butyric acid found naturally in butter.
Chemical formula: C₃H₅(C₃H₄O₂)₃
Example sentencesExamples
Besides, they possess good storage stability, can be dissolved in low M.W ketones (acetone, butanone) and esters (acetic ether, acetic butyrin).
In some fats - e. g., butter - part of the fatty acid is replaced by lower fatty acids - e. g., butyric, or in porpoise oil, by valerianic acid - both occurring as glycerin esters, butyrin, valerin, respectively.
Sweat I can understand (more beef in the diet might lead to more butyrins excreted in perspiration), soap likewise... but tobacco?
When combined with butyrin and water, it made a cheap and more-or-less palatable butter substitute.