-
include acetoacetic acid (
acetoacetate), beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone, a
spontaneous breakdown product of
acetoacetate (see graphic).
Ketone bodies...
- The
organic compound ethyl acetoacetate (EAA) is the
ethyl ester of
acetoacetic acid. It is a
colorless liquid. It is
widely used as a
chemical intermediate...
-
acetoacetic acid
exists as its
conjugate base,
acetoacetate: AcCH2CO2H → AcCH2CO−2 + H+
Unbound acetoacetate is
primarily produced by
liver mitochondria...
- The
organic compound methyl acetoacetate is the
methyl ester of
acetoacetic acid. It is a
colorless liquid. It is used as a
chemical intermediate. Many...
- acetyl-CoA
molecules can then be
converted into
ketone bodies: pyruvate,
acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone.
These ketone bodies can function...
-
Acetoacetate decarboxylase (AAD or ADC) is an
enzyme (EC 4.1.1.4)
involved in both the
ketone body
production pathway in
humans and
other mammals, and...
- that
commonly appear in the
urine when fats are
burned for
energy are
acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyric acid.
Acetone is also
produced and is expired...
-
primary metabolic end
products of
leucine metabolism are acetyl-CoA and
acetoacetate; consequently, it is one of the two
exclusively ketogenic amino acids...
- molecules, are:
Acetoacetate,
which can be
converted by the
liver into β-hydroxybutyrate, or
spontaneously turn into acetone. Most
acetoacetate is reduced...
-
molecules per
acetoacetate molecule when
oxidized in the mitochondria.
Ketone bodies are
transported from the
liver to
other tissues,
where acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate...
