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The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:dibutyrin
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Definition:A diglyceride resulting from the formal condensation of any two of the hydroxy groups of glycerol with the carboxy groups of two molecules of butanoic acid (either R1 = H and R2 = butanoyl, or R1 = butanoyl and R2 = H). A 'closed class'.
Synonyms:related_synonym: Formula=C11H20O5;   SMILES=O(CC(COC(=O)CCC)O*)*;   dibutanoylglycerol


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  CHEBI ontology 2
    role 2
      biological role 2
        osmolyte 0
          glycerol 0
            glycerolipid 0
              glyceride 0
                diglyceride 0
                  dibutyrin 0
                    1,2-dibutyrin 0
                    1,3-dibutyrin 0
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  CHEBI ontology 2
    subatomic particle 2
      composite particle 2
        hadron 2
          baryon 2
            nucleon 2
              atomic nucleus 2
                atom 2
                  main group element atom 2
                    p-block element atom 2
                      carbon group element atom 2
                        carbon atom 2
                          organic molecular entity 2
                            heteroorganic entity 2
                              organochalcogen compound 1
                                organooxygen compound 0
                                  carbon oxoacid 0
                                    carboxylic acid 0
                                      monocarboxylic acid 0
                                        fatty acid 0
                                          short-chain fatty acid 0
                                            fatty acid 4:0 0
                                              butyric acid 0
                                                butyrate ester 0
                                                  dibutyrin 0
                                                    1,2-dibutyrin 0
                                                    1,3-dibutyrin 0
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