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The advantage of excreting wastes as urea rather than as ammonia is that?
Urea is less toxic than ammonia.
Urease hydrolyzes urea to form what?
Urease breaks down the compound urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Does everyone have Ammonia in their body?
Yes. Ammonia is a natural bi-product of some biological properties. Most of this ammonia is converted into urea.
A nitrogenous waste that is less toxic than ammonia?
Urea
What is a substance found in the urine when proteins undergo deamination?
Ammonia
Why do humans excrete urea and not ammonia as your primary nitrogenous waste product?
They've lost the subsequent enzymes required for catalyzing the synthesis of urea into ammonia.
What converts ammonia to urea?
liver usually converts ammonia to urea
What chemical is made from ammonia that excreted in the urine?
Our liver converts ammonia into urea. This urea is excreted out in the urine.
The advantage of excreting wastes as urea rather than as ammonia is that?
Urea is less toxic than ammonia.
Why do urea and ammonia levels increase after filtration occurs?
Urea and ammonia increase because water is reabsorbed from the nephron, making the urea more concentrated.
Is urea a base in water but acid in liquid ammonia?
The hydrolysed solution of urea is basic.In liquid ammonia urea act as proton donor and the solution is acidic.
What organ in the body converts the toxic ammonia to a harmless substance called urea through the actions of its enzymes?
hi Is there a tablet or capsule that will lower the bodies ammonia level similar to the liquid lactulose thanks
What makes ammonia factories give you gas?
chemicals and urea and ammonia
Is urea toxic?
Urea is used in fertilizers and is not considered toxic. Ammonia is toxic and is what converts readily to urea.
What is urea made of?
Urea is made in the body by the liver, it is a by product produced in the process of removing ammonia, Ammonia is extremely toxic for the human body. Urea is then excreted from the blood filtered through the kidneys.
Is ammonia nitrate the same as urea nitrate?
No. Ammonia and urea are distinct chemical compounds, as are their nitrates.
What does ammonia do to things?
Ammonia will denature enzymes.
