3-methylcrotonic acid

3-methylcrotonic acid
3-meth·yl·cro·ton·ic ac·id (meth″əl-kro-tonґik) crotonic acid methylated at the 3 carbon; it is excreted at elevated levels in urine when 3-methylcrotonoyl-CoA carboxylase activity is impaired.

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