3-Hydroxyvaleric acid (3-hydroxypentanoic acid) is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CH(OH)CH2CO2H. It is one of the hydroxypentanoic acids.[1] It is made from odd carbon fatty acids in the liver and rapidly enters the brain. As opposed to 4-carbon ketone bodies, 3-hydroxyvaleric acid is anaplerotic, meaning it can refill the pool of TCA cycle intermediates. The triglyceride triheptanoin is used clinically to produce 3-hydroxyvalerate (the carboxylate form).[2]
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3-Hydroxypentanoic acid | |
Other names
β-Hydroxyvaleric acid
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.123.761 |
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C5H10O3 | |
Molar mass | 118.132 g·mol−1 |
784.8 g/L (estimated) | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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edit- ^ Miltenberger, Karlheinz (2000). "Hydroxycarboxylic Acids, Aliphatic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a13_507. ISBN 3527306730.
- ^ Renée P. Kinman; Takhar Kasumov; Kathryn A. Jobbins; Katherine R. Thomas; Jillian Adams; Lisa N. Brunengraber; Gerd Kutz; Wolf-Ulrich Brewer; Charles R. Roe & Henri Brunengraber (2006). "Parenteral and Enteral Metabolism of Anaplerotic Triheptanoin in Normal Rats" (PDF). Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 291 (4): E860–E866. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00366.2005. PMID 16705058.
- ^ "Human Metabolome Database: Showing metabocard for 3-Hydroxyvaleric acid (HMDB0000531)".