The term beta-hydroxybutyric acid is identified in base64 scheme by the sequence YmV0YS1oeWRyb3h5YnV0eXJpYyBhY2lk, while the MD5 signature is equal to 8d6391f3b1cf20f1ccab1ee9bffc57e4. The ASCII encoding of beta-hydroxybutyric acid in hexadecimal notation is 626574612d687964726f7879627574797269632061636964.