Ketone

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute rapid complication caused by hyperglycemia. Body fat starts to break down for energy resulting in a build-up of ketones in the blood and urine. Meanwhile, the ketones are like poison in the body causing it more acidic, which would lead to coma or death. Risk factors include a missed or reduced dose of insulin, physical or emotional stress, illness, infection, or untreated type I diabetes…

Diet refers to a person’s food consumption and requisite supply chemical energy for cellular processes, organic molecules for biosynthesis that is; macromolecule production, and essential nutrients. Our diet maybe habitual that is; it consists of the same proportion of nutrient every day; usually balanced. Due to various reasons a person may restrict their diet to obtain versatile desired results for example weight loss. A balanced diet should contain 2/3 carbohydrates (including roughage), 1/6…

INTRODUCTION The trends in physical properties of organic compounds such as boiling points and melting points can be deducted from their structures, including size (molecular weight, surface area), shape and functional groups. These factors significantly influence the strength of the intermolecular forces of attraction present; and the nature and strength of intermolecular forces determine the variations in boilingpoints of organic compounds. The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at…

The liver then begins producing ketone bodies from fatty acids being made available in the blood by lipolysis. Brain and nerve cells convert over from being pure consumers of glucose to partial consumers of ketone bodies for energy. This process is called ketosis -- which is why the Atkins plan is also known as a ketogenic diet. So, what does this mean in simple terms? In…

The objective of this experiment was to study the stereochemistry of the borohydride reduction of camphor. Sodium Borohydride is a reducing agent that is able to reduce ketones and aldehydes. In this case, camphor, which contains a ketone, was reduced with sodium borohydride. Reduction of a carbonyl with sodium borohydride occurs when the hydride ion adds to the carbonyl carbon, breaking the C=O bond and creating a new C-H bond. When the reduction occurs, the hydride transfer will occur on the…

The pH of blood drops due to the body’s inability to metabolize glucose, so glucose is stored causing a release of ketones. The drop in pH (caused by the ketones) processes to the brain and the patient experiences dietetic ketoacidosis (a coma-like state). Hypertension is caused by vascular plaque formation due to oxidation of LDL and the drop in nitric oxide (vasodilator) oxidation. A…

also slows down the rate at which the liver releases sugar. This will help reduce sugar cravings, which will make it easier for you to stick with your diet regimen. Raspberry ketones are a type of fruit extract. They help increase adiponectin levels. Adiponectin helps break down fat molecules in the body. Raspberry ketones can also help suppress appetite. Garcinia cambogia is another popular weight loss ingredient. It is known for its high hydrochloric acid, or HCA content. It help block the…

first publication was made on the volatile components of guava in 1970. The compounds from guava fruit were extracted using distillation. Twenty-two compounds were present in the oil: eight alcohols, six esters, three aldehydes four terpenes, one ketone and an alcohol. Hexanol and cis-3- hexen-1-ol were higher in concentrations as compared to other six alcohols. It was concluded that combination of methyl benzoate, β-phenyl ethyl acetate, methyl cinnamate and cinnamyl acetate possibly…

Introduction The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate and high protein diet that focuses on achieving weight loss in a short amount of time. As their website guarantees that one can “see results quickly [and] after just a few days...” (“The Program: Overview”). Showing that being on the diet consists of minimizing on the carbohydrates and increasing the protein that the body needs, it causes more health benefits. Atkins consists of four different unique phases that allows a person to limit…

Glucose-1 (GLUT-1) deficiency syndrome is an inborn error of metabolism caused by a mutation of the SLC2A1 gene (1). The resulting dysfunctional GLUT-1 protein causes inadequate amounts of glucose to be transported to the brain and results in neurologic disorders such as childhood intractable epilepsy (1). Although introduced nearly a century ago, the ketogenic diet has gained increasing popularity within the last decade to treat epileptic seizures, especially when minimal or no improvement is…