Organic acids

Organic acids

This category refers to organic compounds with acidic properties. Carboxylic acids are the most common organic groups, whose chemical makeup consists of the carboxyl group - COOH.

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Organic acids

Ketone bodies

Organic chemicals; Organic acids

The substances beta-hydroxybutyric acid, acetoacetic acid, and acetone, which are produced by fatty acid and carbohydrate metabolism in the liver in approximately a 78:20:2 ratio. Acetoacetate is ...

Azetidinecarboxylic acid

Organic chemicals; Organic acids

A proline analogue that acts as a stoichiometric replacement of proline. It causes the production of abnormal proteins with impaired biological activity.