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

A

urea

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C O_{2}

and ammonia

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ammonia and urea

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ammonia and uric acid

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Solution

The correct option is A $C O_{2}$ 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.

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