hydroxybutyric acid
noun
hy·droxy·bu·tyr·ic acid
hī-ˌdräk-sē-byu̇-ˈtir-ik- 
: a hydroxy derivative C4H8O3 of butyric acid that is excreted in increased quantities in the urine in diabetes
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The new indictment alleges that from 2011 to 2019 — a far longer period than was previously alleged by federal prosecutors — Buck used his apartment on Laurel Avenue in West Hollywood to distribute methamphetamine, clonazepam and the party drug GHB, gamma hydroxybutyric acid.
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Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2020
Other drugs used are Ketamine and GHB, or Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, according to the community alert.
—Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
Giles, 24, died the same day she was dropped at the hospital of multiple drug intoxication, with cocaine, fentanyl, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid — GHB, a date rape drug — and ketamine in her system, the medical examiner-coroner ruled.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2022
Giles died of multiple drug intoxication, including cocaine, fentanyl, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and ketamine.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2022
Buck is accused of distributing narcotics gamma hydroxybutyric acid and clonazepam, sedatives that the DEA has described as date-rape drugs.
—NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019
The protective effect may have been caused by the ketone 3-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (3-OHB), the study said.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
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Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2020
Other drugs used are Ketamine and GHB, or Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, according to the community alert.
—Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
Giles, 24, died the same day she was dropped at the hospital of multiple drug intoxication, with cocaine, fentanyl, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid — GHB, a date rape drug — and ketamine in her system, the medical examiner-coroner ruled.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2022
Giles died of multiple drug intoxication, including cocaine, fentanyl, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and ketamine.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2022
Buck is accused of distributing narcotics gamma hydroxybutyric acid and clonazepam, sedatives that the DEA has described as date-rape drugs.
—NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019
The protective effect may have been caused by the ketone 3-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (3-OHB), the study said.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
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hydroxybutyric acid
noun
hy·droxy·bu·tyr·ic acid
-byu̇-ˌtir-ik-
variants
or β-hydroxybutyric acid
ˈbāt-ə-, chiefly British ˈbēt-ə-
: a derivative C4H8O3 of butyric acid that is excreted in urine in increased quantities in diabetes
called also oxybutyric acid
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