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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2011-09-21 00:08:35 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 02:40:51 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB022106</accession>
  <name>4-Phenylbutanoic acid</name>
  <description>4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA) is known to be a transcriptional regulator, and sodium-4-PBA  has been shown to induce fetal hemoglobin, and it has been used in clinical trials for sickle cell anemia and &amp;#946;-thalassemia Because gene expression profiles became more differentiated, it is in phase I trials in several different malignant disorders. The potential for therapeutic benefit in cystic fibrosis (CF) resides in an additional mechanism, involving protein folding and the ER environment. 4-PBA is a drug that was developed to treat elevated blood ammonia in urea cycle disorders, a histone deacetylase inhibitor that promotes mutation &amp;#916;F508 cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) trafficking. (PMID 12458151) [HMDB]</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>4-PHENYL-butanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>4-PHENYL-butanoIC ACID</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenyl-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenyl-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenyl-n-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenyl-n-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenylbutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenylbutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenylbutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Phenylbutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzenebutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzenebutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzenebutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Benzenebutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenyl-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenyl-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenyl-N-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenyl-N-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenylbutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenylbutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenylbutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>g-Phenylbutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenyl-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenyl-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenyl-N-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenyl-N-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenylbutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenylbutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenylbutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>gamma-Phenylbutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>omega-Phenylbutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>omega-Phenylbutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Omega-phenylbutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Omega-phenylbutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>PBA</synonym>
    <synonym>w-Phenylbutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>w-Phenylbutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>γ-phenyl-N-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>γ-phenyl-N-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>γ-phenylbutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>γ-phenylbutyric acid</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C10H12O2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>164.2011</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>164.083729628</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>4-phenylbutanoic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>4-phenylbutyric acid</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>1821-12-1</cas_registry_number>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as benzene and substituted derivatives. These are aromatic compounds containing one monocyclic ring system consisting of benzene.</description>
    <direct_parent>Benzene and substituted derivatives</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Benzenoids</super_class>
    <class>Benzene and substituted derivatives</class>
    <sub_class/>
    <molecular_framework>Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
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      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Monocarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
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      <substituent>Aromatic homomonocyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Monocyclic benzene moiety</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
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    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>monocarboxylic acid</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
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      <value>2.29</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
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      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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      <value>5.13e-01 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <value>4-phenylbutanoic acid</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formula</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>donor_count</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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      <name_scientific>Anatidae</name_scientific>
      <ncbi_taxonomy_id>8830</ncbi_taxonomy_id>
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