Valerate

A valerate compound is a salt or ester of valeric acid. It is also known as pentanoate. The valerate anion is C4H9COO− (valeric acid minus one hydrogen ion H+).

Many steroid-based pharmaceuticals, for example ones based on betamethasone or hydrocortisone, include the steroid as the valerate ester. Betamethasone valerate has shown potential to treat vitiligo.[1]

Examples
gollark: This meant I was one of the few people to guess lyricly.
gollark: I did most of mine via RNG because I had little idea of who was actually right except in a few cases (most of which were wrong).
gollark: The scores are cumulative? Oh dear.
gollark: *Not* using it made you more suspicious, although in the wrong direction so that's probably okay.
gollark: ... how? You can look it up quite easily.

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References
  1. Tajmirriahi, Nabet; Iraji, Fariba; Banihashemi, Seyedhossin; Faghihi, Gita; Shahmoradi, Zabihollah; Jazi, Safourabokaie (2017). "A Comparison of Betamethasone Valerate 0.1% Cream Twice Daily Plus Oral Simvastatin Versus Betamethasone Valerate 0.1% Cream Alone in the Treatment of Vitiligo Patients". Advanced Biomedical Research. 6: 34. doi:10.4103/2277-9175.203159. PMC 5385703. PMID 28516068.
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