KROK 1 2008 – Question 39 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient is ill with hepatocirrhosis. State of antitoxic liver function can be characterized by examination of the following substance excreted by urine:
- A. Amino acids
- B. Uric acid
- C. Creatinine
- D. Ammonium salts
- E. Hippuric acid
Hint
Antitoxic function means conjugation of foreign substances in the liver; consider which listed urinary substance is formed by such a conjugation rather than being a plain end product of metabolism.
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