Ammonia is detoxified in brain to :: (A) Urea, (B) Glutamine, (C) GABA, (D) Uric acid
Answer is B. Glutamine is the sole form of transpo of ammonia in brain.Glutamine is an amide of glutamic acid which is formed from alpha - ketoglutarate. (Product of TCA cycle).In metabolic alkalosis, there is decreased ammonia excretion in urine.