A person is undergoing prolonged fasting, his urine would contain abnormal quantities of ________.

Fats

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Amino acids

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Glucose

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Ketones

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Solution

The correct option is D Ketones
Under fasting conditions, the liver produces a large number of ketone bodies which are associated with a high rate of fatty acid oxidation. Presence of excess ketone bodies in urine is termed as ketonuria.
So the correct option is D.

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