Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
2-Hydroxybutyric acid (or alpha-hydroxybutyrate) is a hydroxybutyric acid with the hydroxyl group on the carbon adjacent to the carboxyl. It is a chiral compound having two enantiomers D-2-hydroxybutyric acid and L-2-hydroxybutyric acid.2-Hydroxybutyrate the conjugate base of 2-hydroxybutyric acid is produced in mammalian tissues (principally hepatic) that catabolize L-threonine or synthesize glutathione.
