Butyric Acid

Butyric Acid

SCHEMBL123022

CCCC(=O)[O-].CCCC(=O)[O-].[Ca+2]

nearest known ligand 0.93

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Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism

GABBR1GABBR2GABRA1GABRA2GABRA3GABRA4GABRA5GABRA6GABRB1GABRB2GABRB3GABRDGABREGABRG1GABRG2GABRG3GABRPGABRQGRIN1GRIN2AGRIN2BGRIN2CGRIN2DGRIN3AGRIN3BHMGCRMMP1MMP13MMP7MMP8PTGS1PTGS2ileSpolrplArplBrplCrplDrplErplFrplJrplKrplLrplMrplNrplOrplPrplQrplRrplSrplTrplUrplVrplWrplXrplYrpmArpmBrpmCrpmDrpmErpmFrpmGrpmHrpmIrpmJrpsArpsBrpsCrpsDrpsErpsFrpsGrpsHrpsIrpsJrpsKrpsLrpsMrpsNrpsOrpsPrpsQrpsRrpsSrpsTrpsUykgMykgO

The experimentally established mechanism targets of Butyric Acid. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.

Predicted protein targets (top 13)

geneUniProtsupporting neighboursconfidence
FFAR3 O14843 3/20 0.93
HDAC3 O15379 3/20 0.93
HDAC1 Q13547 3/20 0.93
HDAC2 Q92769 3/20 0.93
HDAC8 Q9BY41 3/20 0.93
CA1 P00915 3/20 0.60
CES2 O00748 2/20 0.59
CES1 P23141 2/20 0.59
NFKB1 P19838 1/20 0.48
GPR84 Q9NQS5 1/20 0.46
TSHR P16473 1/20 0.45
FABP3 P05413 2/20 0.44
CA2 P00918 1/20 0.44

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Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules

Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.

Compoundsimilaritytop predictedshared targets
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL18039002 1.00 FFAR3 (0.93) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL1070956 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL6837781 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL7721221 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL3045760 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL28795150 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL8989559 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL6234019 0.97 FFAR3 (0.88) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL17261591 0.97 FFAR3 (0.94) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8
Butyric Acid SCHEMBL11419652 0.93 FFAR3 (0.93) FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8

Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.

Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them

Claimed or disclosed in 1753 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.

PatentTitleAssigneePublishedPriorityFilingCountryStatus
CN-121818721-B Acremonium composition containing short-chain fatty acid and application thereof Sichuan Huada Life Technology Co.,Ltd. (CN) 2026-05-26 CN claimed
US-20260102368-A1 NOVEL FEED ADDITIVES COMPRISING FATTY ACID ESTERS AND RELATED METHODS TO IMPROVE ANIMAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC. (US) 2026-04-16 US claimed
US-20260081133-A1 ZINC ELECTRODE FOR ALKALINE NICKEL-ZINC BATTERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR DONGGUAN CHAO BA BATTERIES CO LTD SHENZHEN INNOVATION CENTER (CN) 2026-03-19 US claimed
US-20260069910-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE SAME TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-03-12 US claimed
US-20260069911-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS AND POWDERS, AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD PRODUCTS MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-03-12 US claimed
US-20260061020-A1 BUTYRATE- & CURCUMINOID-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS CAVALERI FRANCO (CA) 2026-03-05 US claimed
US-20260048289-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-SAFE WATER-BASED FIRE RETARDANT BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS FORMULATED USING ALKALI METAL SALTS, FREE FROM PHOSPHATES, NITRATES, AND AMMONIUM-SALTS, FOR NON-CORROSIVE AERIAL AND GROUND DELIVERY ONTO PROPERTY REQUIRING LONG-TERM PROTECTION AGAINST WILDFIRE MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-02-19 US claimed
US-20260014403-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS, POWDERS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD AND ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2026-01-15 US claimed
WO-2025245031-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE-INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) 2025-11-27 WO claimed
US-20250302892-A1 PROBIOTIC FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY ALTERATIONS OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA, PARTICULARLY OBESITY CERBIOS-PHARMA SA (CH) 2025-10-02 US claimed
CN-1083108-A A kind of processing method of producing special bacteria ANHUI COLLEGE OF FINANCE & TRA (CN) 1994-03-02 CN claimed
US-4861733-A MICROSTRUCTURE INTERPORE INTERNATIONAL (US) 1989-08-29 US claimed
US-4786511-A AQUEOUS COATING SYRUP CONTAINING A SWEETENER, GUM ARABIC AND CALCIUM SALT FOR PHARMACEUTICAL OR CONFECTIONARY PRODUCTS WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY (US) 1988-11-22 US claimed
EP-0278583-A2 Calcium phosphate bone substitute materials INTERPORE INTERNATIONAL (US) 1988-08-17 EP claimed
US-4735967-A ADMINISTERING SALTS OF SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS NEESBY TORBEN E (US) 1988-04-05 US claimed
US-4721716-A Method for desensitizing the gastrointestinal tract from food allergies NEESBY TORBEN E (US) 1988-01-26 US claimed
US-4681766-A SUGAR AND SUGARLESS COATINGS WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY (US) 1987-07-21 US claimed
EP-0228999-A2 Coatings for chewing gums containing gum arabic and a soluble calcium salt WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY (US) 1987-07-15 EP claimed
US-4112221-A HEATING A 2',3'-O-SULFINYL-8-OXYPURINE ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP) 1978-09-05 US claimed
US-4003806-A IMPROVED WITH A CALCIUM SALT RCA CORPORATION (US) 1977-01-18 US claimed

Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?

For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (7 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.

PatentTitleText reads most aboutPredicted target · text-rank
US-20260061020-A1 BUTYRATE- & CURCUMINOID-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS FABP3, CACNA1I, CPT1B FFAR3 102/4885HDAC3 78/4885HDAC1 175/4885
US-20260081133-A1 ZINC ELECTRODE FOR ALKALINE NICKEL-ZINC BATTERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR SLC39A11, SLC30A7, SLC39A7 FFAR3 4023/4885HDAC3 1377/4885HDAC1 181/4885
US-20260102368-A1 NOVEL FEED ADDITIVES COMPRISING FATTY ACID ESTERS AND RELATED METHODS TO IMPROVE ANIMAL GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH FABP2, VIP, SLC27A2 FFAR3 24/4885HDAC3 2730/4885HDAC1 3116/4885
US-20260069910-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE SAME TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE CA2, CA1, CA7 FFAR3 567/4885HDAC3 3365/4885HDAC1 1724/4885
US-20260014403-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS, POWDERS AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD AND ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS ME1, ATP6V1A, ATP5MF FFAR3 1118/4885HDAC3 2489/4885HDAC1 852/4885
US-20260048289-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-SAFE WATER-BASED FIRE RETARDANT BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS FORMULATED USING ALKALI METAL SALTS, FREE FROM PHOSPHATES, NITRATES, AND AMMONIUM-SALTS, FOR NON-CORROSIVE AERIAL AND GROUND DELIVERY ONTO PROPERTY REQUIRING LONG-TERM PROTECTION AGAINST WILDFIRE CA3, CA2, FIBP FFAR3 37/4885HDAC3 508/4885HDAC1 1241/4885
US-20260069911-A1 ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, SOLUTIONS AND POWDERS, AND METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIRE PROTECTED WOOD PRODUCTS FGB, ACTB, FOSB FFAR3 1376/4885HDAC3 3794/4885HDAC1 2183/4885

“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.