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How is urea formed in the human body? (O...

How is urea formed in the human body? (OR) We are not consuming urea. But in our body urea is produced. Why?

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More toxic ammonia produced as a result of breakdown of amino acids is converted into less toxic urea in the liver by a cyclic process called Ornithine cycle.
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