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Offline peterz54

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Does NAD+ increase with increase in ketone body β-Hydroxybutyrate?
« on: February 17, 2015, 03:49:56 PM »
Circulating ketone bodies can be influenced by the ratio of fats to carbs in the diet or by fasting or starvation.   One key ketone body is β-Hydroxybutyrate.     

Does an increase in β-Hydroxybutyrate result in an increase in NAD+ (oxidized form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) relative to NADH (reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) ?
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Re: Does NAD+ increase with increase in ketone body β-Hydroxybutyrate?
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2015, 07:30:56 PM »
Welcome, peterz54: to the Chemical Forums.  According to the Forum Rules{click}, we want to see your attempt.

Do you know if β-Hydroxybutyrate is a reducing agent?  Do yo know how to tell if a general class of compounds, or if a certain organic functional group functions as a reducing agent, and can you tell if β-Hydroxybutyrate matches.
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Offline Babcock_Hall

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Re: Does NAD+ increase with increase in ketone body β-Hydroxybutyrate?
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2015, 08:01:23 PM »
It may also be relevant to consider what is the last step in making beta-hydroxybutyrate.
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