Definitions | hydroxybutyric acid |
| noun - (chemistry) either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group
- alphahydroxybutyric acid - 2-hydroxy-butanoic acid
- betahydroxybutyric acid - 3-hydroxy-butanoic acid
- gammahydroxybutyric acid - 4-hydroxy-butanoic acid
- 2-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid
- 3-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid
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