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Ketone body is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KETONE BODY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ketone bodies

Ketone bodies are three water-soluble biochemicals that are produced by the liver from fatty acids during periods of low food intake or carbohydrate restriction for cells of the body to use as energy instead of glucose. Two of the three are used as a source of energy in the heart and brain while the third is a degradation breakdown product of acetoacetic acid. Radioactive tracing of acetone determines that between 2% and 30% is excreted from the body. Ketone bodies are picked up by cells and converted back into acetyl-CoA which then enters the citric acid cycle and electron transport chain for energy. In the brain, ketone bodies are also used to make acetyl-CoA into long chain fatty acids because long chain fatty acids cannot pass through the blood brain barrier. The liver breaks down protein to produce glucose during starvation for the very few glucose obligate cells that cannot use ketone bodies. In the brain, ketone bodies are a vital source of energy during fasting or strenuous exercise. Although termed "bodies", they are molecules, not particles. The three endogenous ketone bodies are acetone, acetoacetic acid, and beta-hydroxybutyric acid.

Definition of ketone body in the English dictionary

The definition of ketone body in the dictionary is any of three compounds produced when fatty acids are broken down in the liver to provide a source of energy. Excess ketone bodies are present in the blood and urine of people unable to use glucose as an energy source, as in diabetes and starvation Also called: acetone body.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE KETONE BODY

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Synonyms and antonyms of ketone body in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ketone body» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

酮体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuerpos cetónicos
570 millions of speakers

English

ketone body
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीटोन शरीर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هيئة كيتون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кетон тела
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corpo cetona
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেটোন শরীর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corps cétoniques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Badan keton
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ketonkörper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ケトン体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

케톤체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ketone awak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơ thể xeton
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீட்டோன் உடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केटोन शरीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Keton cismi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corpi chetonici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciała ketonowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кетон тіла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corpilor cetonici
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κετονικών σωμάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ketoon liggaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ketonkropp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ketonlegemer
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KETONE BODY»

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Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry
Table 3.1 Process TCA cycle (acetyl-CoA → CO2 H2O) -Oxidation of fatty acids Ketone body formation Ketone body utilization Glycolysis (glucose → CO2 H2O) Lactate production (glucose → lactate) Glycogen metabolism (synthesis and ...
Michael A. Lieberman, Allan Marks, Alisa Peet, 2012
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Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
After 3.5 clays of fasting, glucose consumption bv the brain decreased by 25% ( 440- 340 kcal/24 hours), and ketone body extraction increased correspondingly ( 14-145 kcal/24 hours) (23). Ketosis Ketogenesis is the cardinal sign of prolonged  ...
Maurice Edward Shils, Moshe Shike, 2006
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Textbook Of Biochemistry
KETONE BODY PRODUCTION AND METABOLISM Ketone bodies is a term that refers to the three biosynthetically related compounds acetoa- cetate, p- hydroxybutyrate and acetone. They are produced in the liver from acetyl CoA substrate ...
Puri, 2005
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Comparative Animal Biochemistry
15.1.5 Ketone Body Formation and Degradation Hunger brings about within a few hours a switch in the mammalian liver from carbohydrate consumption and fatty acid biosynthesis to fatty acid oxidation and ketone body formation, the latter  ...
Klaus Urich, 1994
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Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition
This ketone body may lose a molecule of carbon dioxide to become another ketone. ... loss of appetite becomes an advantage to a per- Or, the acetoacetate may add 3 two hydrogens, becoming another ketone body (beta-hydroxybutyrate ).
Sharon Rady Rolfes, Kathryn Pinna, Ellie Whitney, 2011
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Nutrition
... called ketogenesis. Quick Bite Why Didn't My Cholesterol KETONE BODY FORMATION Two molecules of acetyl CoA form one molecule of acetoacetate Beta–hydroxybutyrate Acetoacetate Acetyl CoA Acetone Citric acid Acetoacetate  ...
Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon, 2010
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Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Brain ...
Indeed, after 3.5 days of fasting, ketone bodies are responsible for about 25% of the oxygen consumption in the brain (Hasselbalch et al., 1994). During prolonged fasting (5–6 weeks), ketone body consumption accounts for up to 60% of the ...
Abel Lajtha, Gary E. Gibson, Gerald A. Dienel, 2007
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Nutrition and Diet Therapy
... however, the body finds a way to use its fat to fuel the brain. It adapts by condensing together fragments derived from fatty acids to produce ketone bodies , which can serve as fuel for some brain cells. Ketone body production rises until  ...
Linda DeBruyne, Kathryn Pinna, Eleanor Whitney, 2011
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Metabolic Acidosis
Ketone body production increased from basal rates of approx. 2amol-kg—1-min'1 to approx. 12/tmol-kg'1-min-1 after administration of Intralipid and heparin. Despite the fact that plasma FFA concentrations were almost two-fold greater during ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
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Advanced Human Nutrition
Ketone Body Production Ketone bodies (acetoacetate, b-3-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone) are generally misunderstood and considered detrimental to human health. Although they can present a health concern, it should be understood that this ...
Denis M Medeiros, Emeritus Professor and Chair Department of Health Science

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KETONE BODY»

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The Carbohydrate Hypothesis
Fatty chains of shorter lengths float through the fluid of all of our cells, right next to the mitochondria, converting to ketone body intermediates ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
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Solomon's choice before party, Kejri-style
A Calcutta endocrinologist said fasting can elevate ketone body levels in diabetics, and that levels of 1.5 millimoles/litre in blood, or 4 to 5 ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Mar 15»
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UVA backs students' summer research projects
She will focus on thalamacortical circuit activity and how changes in thalamic ketone body concentration affect absence seizure activity. Emily Ji ... «Augusta Free Press, Mar 15»
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Can Expeditions Be Run On Fat-fuelled Diets?
... acid (or ketone body) oxidation, the rate of glycolysis is decreased. Put simply, when there's enough fat in the diet carbohydrates are spared. «OUTDOORSmagic, Nov 14»
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Hands-on experience critical to LSU's undergraduat
Richard wants to find out how accurately commercially available glucose ketone meters measure beta-hydroxybutyrate, a ketone body, in dairy calves. «KTAL, Oct 14»
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Food Intake and Energy Balance
During starvation, BMR is reduced and gluconeogenesis and ketone body metabolism are promoted. The massive utilization of the body fuel ... «Seacoastonline.com, Oct 14»
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Scientists target receptor to treat diabetic retinopathy
Beta hydroxybutyrate is a ketone body, which scientists call rescue metabolites, because the body makes them when the usual fuel is scarce. «EurekAlert, Apr 14»
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Saint Louis University studies a medical food for Alzheimer's disease
... studying a medical food for Alzheimer's disease, to determine if increasing ketone body levels will improve memory and other mental skills. «St. Louis American, Apr 14»
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What Is Ketosis?
A lack of insulin, a hormone necessary for blood glucose to enter cells, causes glucose and ketone body concentrations to spike, lowering the ... «LiveScience.com, Mar 14»
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Getting to Ketosis - An Anti-Inflammatory State
Ketone body levels will be .1 mm/l. The fasting blood glucose of a diabetic patient in ketoacidosis will be >300 mg/dl and ketones will be >25 mm/l. In contrast ... «Dynamic Chiropractic, Jan 14»

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