Organic Chemical
propionates
pro·pi·o·nates
Subclass of:
Fatty Acids, Volatile; Acids, Acyclic
Definitions related to propionates:
  • Three carbon saturated fatty acid that can be fermented by several species of bacteria; in mammals it can be converted to the thioester propionyl CoA, a metabolic intermediate.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Derivatives of propionic acid. Included under this heading are a broad variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that contain the carboxyethane structure.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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