Showing metabocard for Ethyl 4-hydroxybutanoate (MMDBc0033454)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2021-11-19 04:49:19 UTC
Update Date
2022-08-31 22:36:13 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0033454
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
Ethyl 4-hydroxybutanoate
Description
Ethyl 4-hydroxybutanoate is a volatile ethyl ester found in wine and produced during fermentation by yeast. Ethyl esters are formed by the reaction of ethanol with a fatty acid. They typically have pleasant sweet aromas. The concentrations of ethyl ester decrease over time as a wine ages due to spontaneous hydrolysis.