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AMMONIA TOXICITY
Eric Mbindo Njunju
Bsc; Msc
• Breakdown of amino acids and nucleic acids
Liver
• Filters ammonia out of blood
• Renders it inert
• Converts to urea
• Eliminated in urine
Importance of a Healthy Liver
• Normal <50µmol/L
• 100µmol/L- disturbance in consciousness
• 200µmol/L -coma and convulsions
• Tremors, slurring speech, blurring vision
• Liver converts ammonia into urea- urine
• Impaired liver function- excessive
concentrations of ammonia in blood
(ammonia toxicity)-fatal
• In CNS the brain’s defense is severely
challenged
– Short circuit of transport of K+ into brain cells
– Cells absorb excessive amounts of K+ and cl-
• Reductive amination of α-ketoglutarate- limits
Krebs cycle- reduction in levels of ATP and
NADH
• Acquired hyperammonemia-formation of
collateral circulation- liver cirrhosis, hepatitis,
biliary obstruction- detoxification of ammonia
severely impaired
• Inherited hyperammonemia-genetic
deficiencies of any of the 5 enzymes of the
urea cycle
• Prevalence 1 in 30,000 live births
• Inability to synthesize urea- mental
retardation
UREA CYCLE
• Converts highly toxic ammonia to urea for
excretion
• 1st metabolic cycle to be discovered

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