3-Hydroxybutyric acid

• Description:

  3-Hydroxybutyric acid (or beta-hydroxybutyrate) is a ketone body. Like the other ketone bodies (acetoacetate and acetone) levels of 3-hydroxybutyrate in blood and urine are raised in ketosis. In humans 3-hydroxybutyrate is synthesized in the liver from acetyl-CoA and can be used as an energy source by the brain when blood glucose is low.

• Stability:

  ≥ 2 years

• Purity:

  >98% (HPLC)

• Weight:

  104.1

• Molecular Formula:

  C4H8O3

• Notes:

  Research use only, not for human use.

• Receptor:

  Human Endogenous Metabolite

• CAS Number:

  300-85-6