Ketone bodies are not used by which organ-
Correct Answer: Liver
Description: - In liver there is absence of thiophorase, first enzyme of ketone body utilization pathway. - So Liver also cannot utilize ketone bodies. - Brain, muscle and hea can use ketone bodies during starvation. Extra information: In RBC, there is no mitochondria and ketone body utilization pathway takes place in mitochondria. So, RBC cannot utilize ketone bodies
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