See Also: dactylodynia(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
keto-(medicine)
keto-(dictionary)
keto acid(medicine)
2-keto-3-deoxygluconate permease(medicine)
2-keto-3-deoxygluconate aldolase(medicine)
CHO aldo-keto reductase(medicine)
progesterone 20-keto-reductase(medicine)
S-warfarin keto reductase(medicine)

keto acid (medicine) and dactylodynia (medicine)


keto acid (medicine)


keto acid


An acid containing a ketone group (-CO-) in addition to the acid group(s); alpha-keto acid refers to a 2-oxo acid (e.g., pyruvic acid); beta-keto acid refers to a 3-oxo acid (e.g., acetoacetic acid), etc.

Synonym: oxo acid.

Alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase, one of several distinct multienzyme complexes that catalyses the formation of an acyl-CoA derivative, CO2, and NADH from an alpha-keto acid, NAD+, and coenzyme A; maple syrup urine disease results from several different inherited defects in the mitochondrial branched chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex.


dactylodynia (medicine)


dactylodynia -->
dactylalgia
Pain in the fingers.

Synonym: dactylodynia.

Origin: dactyl-+ G. Algos, pain