“…gation (Tables 2 and 3) has earlier been reported byTHIN and ROBERTSON (1953),KEDENBURG and MULLING (1970), BERGMAN (1971), FILAR (1979) and MADER (1980). It can be explained by an increased release of non-esterified fatty acids, accompanied by changed liver metabolism, causing an increased formation rate of acetoacetate(BERGMAN, 1971;BAIRD, 1982).REID(1962) and MENAHAN et al (1967) reported that blood acetoacetate was 70-80 per cent of blood acetone plus acetoacetate.…”