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All of the following are ketone bodies EXCEPT

A
Alpha ketoglutarate
B
Acetone
C
Acetoacetate
D
Beta-hydroxy butyrate
High-Yield Explanation
Primary ketone body-Acetoacetate. Secondary ketone bodies- Acetone, Beta-hydroxybutyrate. Neutral Ketone body-Acetone. Ketone body excreted through lungs-Acetone. Site of synthesis of ketone bodies-Liver mitochondria. Organs which do not utilize ketone bodies-Liver, RBCs. Rate limiting step of ketone body synthesis-HMG CoA Synthase. Ketone bodies that do not answer Gerhardt's test- Betahydroxybutyrate and Acetone. Ketone body that does not answer neither Rothera test nor Gerhardt's test-Betahydroxybutyrate.

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