Exogenous ketone acid), β-HB acts like a ketone, providing the body with energy in the absence of glucose. In fact, β-Hydroxybutyrate is the most abundant ketone in the blood during ketosis. Acetone is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2CO and is one of the simplest and smallest ketones. It is synthesized from the breakdown of acetoacetate in ketotic individuals within the liver. Ketone salts are natural compounds, such as β-HB, that are mixed with sodium, potassium, or calcium to improve absorption and overall bioavailability. Ketone esters are synthetic compounds that link an alcohol group to a ketone body, producing an ester.
Science of smells Science of smells The odorology or science of smells is a technology used mainly in criminology for judicial identification. The technology is based on the analysis of smells by dogs notably to merge the criminals or to identify the smell of objects (explosives, drugs). Olfaction of dogs is used for a long time by the police (location of drug, of explosives, of weapon, body of missing persons, criminals' identification) or the services of rescue (bodies buried under avalanches). From 1910, a dog handler Friedo Schmidt describes in his book Verbrecherspur und Polizeihund («The criminal links and the police dog») how