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Hormones, toxins, ammonia, and bilirubin.

The liver removes used-up insulin and other hormones from the bloodstream, breaks down toxins (and medications), turns ammonia into urea to be processed by the kidney, and adds glucuronic acid to bilirubin (a byproduct of damaged red blood cells) in order to turn it into bile so that it can be concentrated in the gallbladder and used to emulsify fats.

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