Term Name: | butan-1-ol |
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Synonyms: | 1-BUTANOL, 1-butyl alcohol, 1-hydroxybutane, BuOH, butan-1-ol, n-butan-1-ol, n-Butanol, n-butyl alcohol, n-Butylalkohol, propyl carbinol |
Definition: | A primary alcohol that is butane in which a hydrogen of one of the methyl groups is substituted by a hydroxy group. It it produced in small amounts in humans by the gut microbes. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:28885] ( EBI ) |