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Organic Chemicals > Ketones > Ketone Bodies > 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Hydroxy Acids > Hydroxybutyrates > 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Butyrates > Hydroxybutyrates > 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
... > Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Butyrates > Hydroxybutyrates > 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid

Preferred term

3-Hydroxybutyric Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • (+ -)-3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
  • beta Hydroxybutyric Acid
  • beta-Hydroxybutyric Acid

Scope note

  • BUTYRIC ACID substituted in the beta or 3 position. It is one of the ketone bodies produced in the liver.

History note

  • 99; use 3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID (NM) 1980-98

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020155

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