| 单词 | ketone body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasketone body ketone body n. any of the three related compounds acetone, acetoacetic acid, and β-hydroxybutyric acid, which are produced in the body in fatty- and amino-acid metabolism; an ‘acetone body’. ΚΠ 1915 Arch. Internal Med. 15 40 There are in the literature only casual references to the influence of organotherapy on the formation and excretion of ketone bodies. 1936 Jrnl. Nutrition 12 647 The term ‘rate of ketogenesis’…takes into account both the ketonemia, or level of ketone bodies in the blood, and the ketonuria, or the rate of ketone body excretion in the urine. 1959 A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 2) xix. 479 The total ketone body concentration in blood, expressed as β-hydroxybutyrate, is normally below 1 mg. per 100 ml., and the average total daily excretion in the urine is approximately 20 mg. 1974 Nature 18 Jan. 161/2 Urine samples were tested for ‘ketone bodies’ with a commercial preparation that contains sodium nitroprusside. < as lemmas |
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