Acetoin
"Acetoin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A product of fermentation. It is a component of the butanediol cycle in microorganisms. In mammals it is oxidized to carbon dioxide.
| Descriptor ID |
D000093
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.522.296.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Acetoin- Acetoin
- 3-hydroxy-2-butanone
- 3H-2B butanone
- Acetylmethylcarbinol
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acetoin" by people in Profiles.
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Griffith EC, Shoemaker RK, Vaida V. Sunlight-initiated chemistry of aqueous pyruvic acid: building complexity in the origin of life. Orig Life Evol Biosph. 2013 Oct; 43(4-5):341-52.
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Griffith EC, Carpenter BK, Shoemaker RK, Vaida V. Photochemistry of aqueous pyruvic acid. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jul 16; 110(29):11714-9.