Ammonia from brain is removed as:
Correct Answer: Glutamine
Description: Ans: D. Glutamine(Ref. Harper 30/e p292).Ammonia from brain is removed as glutamine.Ammonia disposal:Ammonia from all over body reaches liver, detoxified to urea by liver cells & excreted through kidney.Ammonia formed in most tissues including brain is trapped by glutamate to form glutamine (primary ammonia trapping).
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