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beta-hydroxybutyric acid
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beta-hydroxybutyric acid [ba″tah-hi-drok″se-bu-tir´ik]
one of the ketone bodies, occurring in abnormal amounts in diabetic ketoacidosis and in starvation due to fatty acid oxidation.

3-hydroxybutyric acid, β-hydroxybutyric acid
major ketone body in circulation; hydroxyacid rather than ketone; important source of energy for extrahepatic tissues (not the brain in sheep) during starvation or diabetes mellitus. Excreted in bovine acetonemia, ovine and bovine pregnancy toxemia and diabetic ketoacidosis.


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One of the by-products of ketoacidosis is beta-hydroxybutyrate.
I found that testing serum beta-hydroxybutyrate seems to be the test of choice when monitoring the treatment of DKA.
The ketone bodies themselves (acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetone) have been shown to have anticonvulsive properties.
 
 
 
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