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Organic Chemicals > Ketones > Ketone Bodies

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Ketone Bodies  

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Entry terms

  • Acetone Bodies
  • Bodies, Acetone

Note

  • ketogenesis is probably KETONE BODIES /biosyn

Scope note

  • The metabolic substances ACETONE; 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; and acetoacetic acid (ACETOACETATES). They are produced in the liver and kidney during FATTY ACIDS oxidation and used as a source of energy by the heart, muscle and brain.

In other languages

  • ketoaineet

    Finnish

  • asetoniaine
  • asetoniaineet
  • ketoaine
  • ketoniaine
  • ketoniaineet
  • Ketonkroppar

    Swedish

  • Acetonkroppar
  • Ketonämnen

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007657

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