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antiketogenic

antiketogenic

 [an″te-, an″ti-ke″to-jen´ik]
preventing or suppressing the development of ketones (ketone bodies) and thus preventing development of ketosis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

an·ti·ke·to·gen·ic

(an'tē-kē'tō-jen'ik),
Inhibiting the formation of ketone bodies, or accelerating their utilization.
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It is used as an antiketogenic, glycogenic and antifungal agent.
(2) Antiketogenic effect and gluconeogenesis of dicarboxylic acids in diabetes or starvation.
(1980) The possible antiketogenic and gluconeogenic effect of the [omega]-oxidation of fatty acids in rats.
Antiketogenic and hypoglycemic effects of aminocarnitine and acylaminocarnitine.
The diet plan is referred in terms of a ratio of ketogenic foods (fats) to antiketogenic foods (carbohydrates and proteins).
Antiketogenic effect: anything that causes the body to start burning sugars -- rather than fats for energy again.
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