The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.
greater than the normal amount of acetoacetate, 3-hydroxybutyrate (beta-hydroxybutyrate) and/or acetone in the blood, which are produced by fatty acid and carbohydrate metabolism and seen in conditions such as starvation and diabetes mellitus
Comment:
Although 3-hydroxybutyrate is not a ketone, it is classed as a ketone body because it exists in equilibrium with acetoacetate.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
elevated circulating ketone body level; hyperketonaemia; hyperketonemia
narrow_synonym:
elevated plasma ketone body level; elevated serum ketone body level