Description: 3-hydroxybutyric acid is involved in the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies. Like the other ketone bodies (acetoacetate and acetone), levels of beta-hydroxybutyrate are raised in the blood and urine in ketosis. Beta-hydroxybutyrate is a typical partial-degradation product of branched-chain amino...

White solid. Soluble in water, 100% ethanol or methanol. Key metabolite of the ketolytic pathway generating acetyl-CoA, Stereoselective product of D-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase. Clinically and physiologically significant stereoisomer, Energy carrier from adipocytes to peripheral tissues during fasting or...