"Ketone Bodies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007657
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.585
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ketone Bodies" by people in Profiles.
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Kinman RP, Kasumov T, Jobbins KA, Thomas KR, Adams JE, Brunengraber LN, Kutz G, Brewer WU, Roe CR, Brunengraber H. Parenteral and enteral metabolism of anaplerotic triheptanoin in normal rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Oct; 291(4):E860-6.
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Kasumov T, Adams JE, Bian F, David F, Thomas KR, Jobbins KA, Minkler PE, Hoppel CL, Brunengraber H. Probing peroxisomal beta-oxidation and the labelling of acetyl-CoA proxies with [1-(13C)]octanoate and [3-(13C)]octanoate in the perfused rat liver. Biochem J. 2005 Jul 15; 389(Pt 2):397-401.