{"id":125349,"date":"2021-08-25T06:36:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T06:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=125349"},"modified":"2022-04-06T04:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T04:57:56","slug":"acetoacetic-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/acetoacetic-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"Acetoacetic acid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A ketone body produced by metabolic disease or disturbance; also known as diacetic acid.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An organic acid produced in large amounts by the liver under metabolic conditions associated with a high rate of fatty acid oxidation (for example, in starvation). The acetoacetic acid thus formed is subsequently converted to acetone and excreted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A ketone body, CH3COCH2COOH, formed when fats are incompletely oxidized. It appears in urine in abnormal amounts in starvation and in untreated diabetes, primarily type 1 diabetes. 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