Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
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)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | 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.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL6623219 | 0.97 | — | — | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL7716882 | 0.97 | FFAR3 (0.88) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL1070956 | 0.97 | FFAR3 (0.88) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL29521493 | 0.97 | FFAR3 (0.88) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL11859270 | 0.97 | FFAR3 (0.88) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL27633137 | 0.97 | FFAR3 (0.88) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL3036389 | 0.97 | FFAR3 (0.88) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL9651463 | 0.94 | FFAR3 (0.82) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL11441641 | 0.93 | FFAR3 (0.93) | FFAR3HDAC3HDAC1HDAC2HDAC8 | |
| Butyric Acid SCHEMBL1330878 | 0.93 | — | — |
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 862 patents — showing the first 20. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-20250195460-A1 | MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDE AND SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS & METHODS OF USE THEREOF | CAVALERI FRANCO (CA) | 2025-06-19 | — | — | US | claimed |
| CN-119968132-A | Acid and salt compound and preparation method thereof | 南京纽邦生物科技有限公司 | 2025-05-09 | — | — | CN | claimed |
| US-20250127736-A1 | BUTYRATE AND BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE COMPOSITIONS | CAVALERI FRANCO (CA) | 2025-04-24 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-20250121232-A1 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-CLEAN WATER-BASED FIRE INHIBITING BIOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FORMULATED USING ALKALI METAL SALTS OF BUTYRIC ACID FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY AGAINST WILDFIRE | MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC (US) | 2025-04-17 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-6261475-B1 | THERMOSENSITIVE ELEMENTS | HAYES CLAUDE Q C (US) | 2001-07-17 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-0617106-B1 | Fluid composition comprising a metal aluminate or a viscosity promoter and a magnesium compound and process using the composition | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO (US) | 1999-05-19 | — | — | EP | claimed |
| US-5576271-A | POLYMER, MAGNESIUM COMPOUND, METAL ALUMINATE | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPAY (US) | 1996-11-19 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-5532212-A | ALUMINUM, IRON AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS WITH CLAYS | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) | 1996-07-02 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-5454861-A | Consists of alkaine earth metal oxide and one or more aluminum zirconium, titanium, silicon organic compounds or complexes | HOKURIKO TORYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (JP) | 1995-10-03 | — | — | US | claimed |
| EP-0617106-A1 | Fluid composition comprising a metal aluminate or a viscosity promoter and a magnesium compound and process using the composition | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (US) | 1994-09-28 | — | — | 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-3994782-A | MAGNESIUM SALTS, PANCREAS, WATER | SEIKAGAKU KOGYO CO. LTD. (JA) | 1976-11-30 | — | — | US | claimed |
| US-3984389-A | Process for the polymerization of olefins and catalytic products | SOLVAY & CIE (BE) | 1976-10-05 | — | — | 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 (6 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.
| Patent | Title | Text reads most about | Predicted target · text-rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| US-20260061020-A1 | BUTYRATE- & CURCUMINOID-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS | FABP3, CACNA1I, CPT1B | FFAR3 102/4885HDAC3 78/4885HDAC1 175/4885 |
| 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-20250195460-A1 | MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDE AND SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS & METHODS OF USE THEREOF | CPT1B, ACADM, LIPC | FFAR3 12/4885HDAC3 492/4885HDAC1 1286/4885 |
| 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.