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. 2019 Apr 16;6:46. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00046

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Copyright © 2019 St-Pierre, Vandenberghe, Lowry, Fortier, Castellano, Wagner and Cunnane.

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Correlation between plasma MCFAs (octanoate [×], decanoate [□], or dodecanoate [■]) and plasma total ketones after consuming a dose of the following test substances with breakfast or the test substance alone at midday during a 8 h metabolic study day: tricaprin (C10, □ ρ = 0.56, P < 0.0001), tricaprylin (C8, × [A] ρ = 0.57, P < 0.0001) or trilaurin (C12, ■ [C] ρ = 0.37, P = < 0.0001). Plasma MCFA were extracted from total plasma lipids. Total plasma ketones = acetoacetate + β-hydroxybutyrate.