KETONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketone mean? 

• KETONE (noun)
  The noun KETONE has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

  Familiarity information: KETONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ketone" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ketone"):

acetone; dimethyl ketone; propanone (the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics)

butanone; methyl ethyl ketone (colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid)

flavin (a ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin)

acetone body; ketone body (a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders)

Holonyms ("ketone" is a substance of...):

nabumetone; Relafen (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen))

Clinoril; sulindac (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril))

Tolectin; tolmetin sodium (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin))

 Context examples 

It is a 29-amino acid straight chain polypeptide (MW 3550 D) that plays an important role in regulation of blood glucose concentration, ketone metabolism, and several other biochemical and physiological processes.

(Glucagon, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ketone bodies are transported to other tissues such as brain, muscle or heart where they are converted back to acetyl-CoA to serve as an energy source.

(Formation of Ketone Bodies from Acetyl-CoA Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Ketones are also made by the body when there is not enough insulin.

(Ketone, NCI Dictionary)

A quantitative measurement of the amount of ketones present in a sample.

(Ketone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A liposome-encapsulated formulation of the mesylate salt form of eribulin, a synthetic, macrocyclic ketone analogue of halichondrin B, a substance derived from the marine sponge genus Halichondria, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Liposomal Eribulin Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the ketones in a biological specimen.

(Ketone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An unsaturated ketone derivative of aryloxyacetic acid without a sulfonamide substituent belonging to the class of loop diuretics.

(Ethacrynic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the metabolism of aldehydes and ketones.

(AKR1C1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

These compounds consist of an anthracene ring that contains two ketone moieties in any position and can be substituted in any position except on the ketone groups.

(Carcinogenic Anthraquinone, NCI Thesaurus)

Pyruvate can also be converted by pyruvate dehydrogenase into acetyl-CoA, which can enter into the Kreb's cycle to generate ATP, be converted to ketone bodies, or be directed into fatty acid biosynthesis.

(Catabolic Pathways for Alanine, Glycine, Serine, Cysteine, Tryptophan, and Threonine, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)