an emergency service. He was very slim and smelled acctone. Blood test results showed the following: Iglucose]- 2.8 mmol/L, [ketone bodies]-40 mg/dL. What are the possible causes of such a condition? Answer the questions and do the following tasks: a) what is the role of ketone bodies in metabolism; b) give an example of situations, when their synthesis is being clevated; c) explain the origination of the substrates for the ketone bodics synthesis and write down the schemes of their synthesis and oxidation; d) explain the risk of ketone bodies accumulation in the blood; c) what could be the possible reason here for getting unconscious? 9. A man has been found unconscious on the street and delivered to hospital by

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9. A man has been found unconscious on the street and delivered to hospital by
an emergency service. He was very slim and smelled acetone. Blood test results
showed the following: [glucose]– 2.8 mmol/L, [ketone bodies] – 40 mg/dL.
What are the possible causes of such a condition? Answer the questions and do
the following tasks:
a) what is the role of ketone bodies in metabolism;
b) give an example of situations, when their synthesis is being elevated;
c) explain the origination of the substrates for the ketone bodies synthesis and
write down the schemes of their synthesis and oxidation;
d) explain the risk of ketone bodies accumulation in the blood;
e) what could bc the possible reason here for getting unconscious?
Transcribed Image Text:9. A man has been found unconscious on the street and delivered to hospital by an emergency service. He was very slim and smelled acetone. Blood test results showed the following: [glucose]– 2.8 mmol/L, [ketone bodies] – 40 mg/dL. What are the possible causes of such a condition? Answer the questions and do the following tasks: a) what is the role of ketone bodies in metabolism; b) give an example of situations, when their synthesis is being elevated; c) explain the origination of the substrates for the ketone bodies synthesis and write down the schemes of their synthesis and oxidation; d) explain the risk of ketone bodies accumulation in the blood; e) what could bc the possible reason here for getting unconscious?
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