Question

Choose the correct answers from the following given.
The metabolic end products that are utilised during the ornithine cycle are

• A. urea
• B. $C{O}_2$ and ammonia
• C. ammonia and urea
• D. ammonia and uric acid

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$C{O}_2$ and ammonia

The urea cycle is a cycle of biochemical reactions that produces urea from ammonia. This cycle occurs in a ureotelic organism. The urea cycle converts highly toxic ammonia to urea for excretion.

So the correct answer is ammonia and carbon dioxide.