Abstract
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Caproate 1-C14 was administered to a goat. The resulting increase of blood acetoacetate is roughly proportional to the rise in radioactivity of this compound. The specific radioactivity per mole of the carboxyl group of the acetoacetate is larger than that of the acetone portion. This is another indication that two-carbon compounds derived from fatty acid do not condense in a random fashion to form acetoacetate.
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