Determination of butyrates, a medicinal food to improve gut health – a chemical method using potassium triiodide

The use of food as medicine is important in both treating and preventing illnesses. “Gut- healthy foods” are thus essential as they help sustain our gut with a wide variety of beneficial bacteria. Short-chain fatty acids, e.g., butyrates, are a major class of metabolites produced by our gut microbiome. They play an important but incompletely understood role in many human diseases. Currently, methods like the HPLC and GCMS are most commonly used for the detection of butyrates. These methods,...