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Product Description
White granular powder
Product ID : 100BU13
CAS : 156-54-7
Molecular formula : C4H7NaO2
Molecular mass : 110.09g/mol
Sodium butyrate (NaOOCCH2CH2CH3) is a popular short chain carboxylate (SCA, C4) profoundly used to improve gut health and growth of fish, shrimp, pigs, broilers, layers, ducks, pigeons, and ruminants in general.
Chemically, sodium butyrate exists as a colorless hygroscopic powder which is soluble in water, DMSO, ethanol, and methanol. It is formed from the neutralization of pungent and corrosive butyric acid. The neutralization eliminates bad smell of butyric acid and forms a neutral, easier to work with product.
Today, sodium butyrate is tied with calcium butyrate as the most preferred butyrate-based feed additives. However, the higher water solubility of sodium butyrate makes it the prime material in feed supplements.
Other important applications of sodium butyrate include:
cellulose butyrate esters precursor
detoxifier of ammonia
metabolite for gut biota
carcinoma remediation auxiliary
antimicrobial preservative
