Possible mechanism for the effect of ketogenic diet in cases of uncontrolled seizures. The reconsideration of acetone theory

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1382-1388

  Kalapos, Miklós Péter ^a  

^a Theoretical Biology Research Group Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; CARBON 11; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GLYOXALASE; KETONE BODY; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE; METHYLGLYOXAL; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD LEVEL; CATALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; ISOTOPE LABELING; KETOGENIC DIET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACETONE; CHILD; DIET; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEIZURES;

EID: 34047132122     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.10.041     Document Type: Article

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