Ketone bodies as precursors of sterols and fatty acids in the developing rat.

Acetates/blood,metabolism Acetoacetates/blood,metabolism Animals Body Weight Brain/metabolism Chromatography, Gas Fatty Acids/biosynthesis Female Hydroxybutyrates/blood,metabolism Kidney/metabolism Liver/metabolism Lung/metabolism Mevalonic Acid/blood,metabolism Organ Size Organ Specificity Pregnancy Rats Skin/metabolism Spinal Cord/metabolism Sterols/biosynthesis Time Factors

Acetates Acetoacetates Fatty Acids Hydroxybutyrates Sterols Mevalonic Acid