21. Each of these ketone bodies easily crosses the blood & ndash; brain barrier and enters the brain. 22. N-butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid, gets oxidized through the beta oxidation pathway into carbon dioxide and ketone bodies . 23. This is likely a result of ketone bodies providing an alternative fuel source to glucose for neuronal function. 24. The production of ketone bodies is then initiated to make available energy that is stored as fatty acids. 25. The metabolic pathways : synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies , valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation, and butanoate metabolism. 26. Acetyl CoA ( acetyl co-enzyme A ) will also build up, leading to the creation of ketone bodies . 27. In diabetic ketoacidosis, a high concentration of ketone bodies is usually accompanied by insulin deficiency, hyperglycemia, and dehydration. 28. These NH 3 molecules neutralise the organic acids ( lactic acid and ketone bodies ) produced in the muscles. 29. She worked at dispelling the previously-thought rule that Krebs'group to devise a now widely used assay for ketone bodies . 30. Subsequently, one function of acetoacetate decarboxylase may be to regulate the concentrations of the other, two 4-carbon ketone bodies .
