Concentration Details

Metabolite
HMDB0000060 (Acetoacetic acid)
Biospecimen
Urine
Status
Detected and Quantified
Data source
Referenced
Concentration
0.20 (0.020-0.82) umol/mmol creatinine
Age
Adult (>18 years old)
Sex
Female
Condition
Normal
Comments
Table 3 "Concentration range of oxoacids in normal urine" mentions that 0.20 (0.020-0.82) mmol/mol is from 18 normal women.
References
    1. Lee SH, Kim SO, Chung BC: Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of urinary oxoacids using O-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)oxime-trimethylsilyl ester derivatization and cation-exchange chromatography. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 1998 Nov 20;719(1-2):1-7. [PubMed:9869358 ]