Product Information: Acetoacetate Colorimetric Assay Kit: Only kit on the market to measure acetoacetate. Sample type: Serum, plasma, blood, urine & other body fluids. Detection: < 25 uM. 100 assay Background: Acetoacetate (AcAc), a beta-ketoacid, is one of the three ketone bodies and is formed via condensation of two molecules of acetyl-CoA in liver mitochondria. AcAc can be enzymatically reduced to 3-beta-hydroxybutyrate (beta-HB), or decarboxylated producing acetone (CH3)2CO). Ketone bodies (