The liver serves as a gatekeeper between the intestines and general circulation. It screens blood reaching it in the hepatic portal system. Blood leaving then, is as close to normal as possible. All but one is a filtering function of the liver as it regulates the blood
about to be circulated back into the body. That is
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drugs are removed and detoxified.
amino groups are converted to urea
amino acids are converted to glucose.
excess glucose is converted to glycogen.
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