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keto acid
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keto acid /ke·to ac·id/ (ke´to) a carboxylic acid containing a carbonyl group.
ke·to acid (kt)
n.
A compound containing a ketone and a carboxyl group.

carboxylic acid [kahr-bok-sil´ik]
an organic compound containing the carboxy group (-COOH), which is weakly ionized in solution forming a carboxylate ion (-COO).


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7 Ketoacids produced during alcohol consumption also activate TJRATl, increasing proximal tubular reabsorption of urate and compounding the hyperuricemic effect of alcohol.
These are caused by methyl ketones produced from the thermal degradation of ketoacids in milkfat triglycerides and by different sulfur compounds.
 
 
 
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