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Ammonia from brain is removed as:

A
Urea
B
Alanine
C
Glutamate
D
Glutamine
High-Yield Explanation
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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