Ketone Body Metabolism
ModerateBiochemistry · Lipids
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Ketone bodies are water-soluble, lipid-derived fuels synthesised exclusively in liver mitochondria and exported to extrahepatic tissues during fasting, starvation, prolonged exercise, and uncontrolled diabetes. This topic is a conceptual NEET PG favourite because it ties together enzyme localisation, the liver–peripheral tissue paradox, and the clinical spectrum of ketosis versus ketoacidosis. The three "ketone bo…
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