Excretion
The removal of metabolic waste products from the body
Removal of nitrogenous compoundsDeamination
Amino acid + oxygen Keto acid + ammonia
Ornithine Cycle
2NH3 + CO2 CO(NH2) + H2O
The liver and detoxification of alcohol
Takes place in the hepatocytes
Ethanol Ethanal
Ethanal Ethanoate (acetate)
Ethanol dehydrogenase
NAD ReducedNAD
Ethanal dehydrogenase
NAD ReducedNAD Combines with co enzyme A
and enters Krebs cycle