Butyrate and Butyrate for Gut barrier / colitis (enema)
Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.
Compound or practice
Butyrate
The colon's preferred fuel — feeding fermentable fiber usually beats swallowing it, but oral/enema forms have niche use.
Grade C2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
Evidence brief
Butyrate for Gut barrier / colitis (enema)
Evidence grade C — Context-specific
Grade C1 graded outcomerevised Jul 10, 2026
Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.
Graded in both
Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.
| Outcome | Butyrate | Butyrate for Gut barrier / colitis (enema) |
|---|---|---|
| Gut barrier / colitis (enema) | Evidence grade CModerate effectmixedContext-specific | Evidence grade CModerate effectmixedContext-specific |
Graded only in Butyrate
- IBS (oral) Small effectEvidence grade C
Graded only in Butyrate for Gut barrier / colitis (enema)
None — every outcome it grades is graded in both.
What each entry says about the other
- Butyrate for Gut barrier / colitis (enema)’s entry · Goes with: Read the full Butyrate monograph
Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.