3-hydroxybutyric acid, β-hydroxybutyric acid
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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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