Disease relevance of Butyrone

• (a) Increased total 4-heptanone is inherently connected with diabetes mellitus [1].
• Diabetic ketoacidosis and fasting conditions decrease the total 4-heptanone [2].
• The quantitative determination of total 4-heptanone using an extraction and gas chromatographic-mass fragmentographic procedure demonstrated concentrations of 10-50 nmole/l in normal serum, whereas in the serum of patients with chronic renal insufficiency the concentrations were 10- to 40-fold higher [3].

High impact information on Butyrone

• Moreover, H1 appears to be capable of engaging in a three-centered hydrogen bond with appropriately functionalized ligands, which explains the increase in potency observed in the following series of 3-substituted beta-carbolines: the n-butyl (12, IC50 = 245 nM), n-propoxy (9, IC50 = 11 nM), and propyl ketone (11, IC50 = 2.8 nM) congeners [4].
• On the other hand, 4-heptanone was reported to be associated with diabetes mellitus [5].
• Total 4-heptanone is the sum of a beta-oxocarboxylic acid, 2-ethyl-3-oxohexanoic acid, and its decarboxylation product, 4-heptanone [2].
• METHODS: A mixture of trans-phenyl-l-propenyl ketone, NADPH or NADH, and an enzyme source in 0.1 M K,Na-phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) was incubated for 15 min at 37 degrees C. Phenyl propyl ketone formed was quantified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) [6].
• Activation of the trigeminal nerve endings in eyes and nose, termed sensory irritation, was determined from the reflexively induced decrease in respiratory rate in mice for methyl propyl ketone, methyl butyl ketone, methyl amyl ketone and methyl hexyl ketone [7].

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