Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
3-Hydroxypentanoic acid or beta-hydroxypentanoate is a 5-carbon ketone body. It is made from odd carbon fatty acids in the liver and rapidly enters the brain. As opposed to 4-carbon ketone bodies 3-hydroxypentanoic acid is anaplerotic meaning it can refill the pool of TCA cycle intermediates. The triglyceride triheptanoin is used clinically to produce beta-hydroxypentanoate.
