"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ketone Bodies" by people in Profiles.
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Circulating Ketone Bodies and Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality: Insights From the UK Biobank. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 03 03; 15(5):e042582.
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Calorie sources and recovery from central nervous system ischemia. Crit Care Med. 1994 Nov; 22(11):1841-50.
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Ketone and lactate metabolism: an exchange of conclusions. Metabolism. 1993 Feb; 42(2):260-2.
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Forearm ketone body metabolism in normal and in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Am J Physiol. 1992 Aug; 263(2 Pt 1):E261-7.