"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
- Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
- gamma-Butyrolactone
- gamma Butyrolactone
- Furanone, tetrahydro-2-
- Furanone, tetrahydro 2
- 1,4-Butanolide
- 1,4 Butanolide
- 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid Lactone
- 4 Hydroxybutyric Acid Lactone
- Lactone, 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "4-Butyrolactone" by people in Profiles.
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Shi L, Simas TAM, Lichtenstein AH, Zhang Y, Sun Q, Hayman LL. Urinary enterolignan concentrations and cardiometabolic risk biomarkers in pregnant US women. Nutr J. 2025 May 22; 24(1):82.
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Zhang HJ, Ma C, Nguyen VH, Nguyen MC, Tan GT, Santarsiero BD, Mesecar AD, Soejarto DD, Pezzuto JM, Fong HH. Miliusanes, a class of cytotoxic agents from Miliusa sinensis. J Med Chem. 2006 Jan 26; 49(2):693-708.
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Zhang HJ, Nguyen VH, Nguyen MC, Soejarto DD, Pezzuto JM, Fong HH, Tan GT. Sesquiterpenes and butenolides, natural anti-HIV constituents from Litsea verticillata. Planta Med. 2005 May; 71(5):452-7.
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Tenney JR, Marshall PC, King JA, Ferris CF. fMRI of generalized absence status epilepticus in conscious marmoset monkeys reveals corticothalamic activation. Epilepsia. 2004 Oct; 45(10):1240-7.