4-Butyrolactone
"4-Butyrolactone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the FURANS with a carbonyl thereby forming a cyclic lactone. It is an endogenous compound made from gamma-aminobutyrate and is the precursor of gamma-hydroxybutyrate. It is also used as a pharmacological agent and solvent.
| Descriptor ID |
D015107
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.540.150 D03.383.312.150
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| Concept/Terms |
4-Butyrolactone- 4-Butyrolactone
- 4 Butyrolactone
- 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid Lactone
- 4 Hydroxybutyric Acid Lactone
- Lactone, 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid
- Furanone, tetrahydro-2-
- Furanone, tetrahydro 2
- gamma-Butyrolactone
- gamma Butyrolactone
- 1,4-Butanolide
- 1,4 Butanolide
- Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "4-Butyrolactone" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Qiao J, Cao Y, Zabaleta J, Yang L, Dai L, Qin Z. Regulation of Virus-Associated Lymphoma Growth and Gene Expression by Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Molecules. J Virol. 2018 07 15; 92(14).