A person is undergoing prolonged fasting. His urine will be found to contain abnormal quantities of:

Fats

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Amino acids

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Ketones

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Glucose

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The correct option is C Ketones
Under fasting conditions and in uncontrolled diabetes, the liver produces large amount of ketone bodies such as acetoacetate and dihydroxy butyrate. The presence of excess ketone bodies in blood or urine is termed ketonemic and ketonuria, respectively.

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