Which of these is not a ketone body

Options

A. Acetoacetic acid
B. Acetone
C. Succinic acid
D. Betahydroxy butyric acid

Answer

B

Explanation

In human and most other mammals COA formed in the liver during oxidation of fatty acids can enter the citric acid cycle or can be converted to the ketone bodies e.g. Acetone, Acetoacetate and B- hydroxyl butyrate.