Living organisms excrete nitrogenous wastes to maintain metabolic homeostasis.
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Living organisms excrete nitrogenous wastes such as urea and ammonia to maintain metabolic and internal homeostasis.
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Ureotelism and ammonotelism in trypanosomatids
1978 · cited by 41
Demonstrates that trypanosomatids excrete nitrogenous wastes like urea and ammonia to manage physiological processes.
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The influence of feeding on aerial and aquatic oxygen consumption, nitrogenous waste excretion, and metabolic fuel usage in the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens
2008 · cited by 16
Examines nitrogenous waste excretion alongside metabolic fuel usage in lungfish.
The multifunctional fish gill: dominant site of gas exchange, osmoregulation, acid-base regulation, and excretion of nitrogenous waste.
2005 · cited by 0
Highlights the fish gill as a primary site for nitrogenous waste excretion in maintaining homeostasis.
Amino acid metabolism in kidney health and disease.
2024 · cited by 0
Describes how renal amino acid metabolism and nitrogen clearance act as a central hub for metabolic homeostasis.
Starvation Ketosis and the Kidney.
2021 · cited by 0
Discusses how the body adapts nitrogen excretion during starvation to maintain homeostasis.
Ammonia excretion in aquatic invertebrates: new insights and questions.
2018 · cited by 0
Notes that invertebrates utilize ammonia excretion and homeostasis strategies to survive diverse aquatic environments.
CPS1: Looking at an ancient enzyme in a modern light.
2020 · cited by 0
Explains how the mammalian urea cycle siphons catabolic waste nitrogen into urea for excretion to prevent toxicity and maintain homeostasis.
Physiological protective action of dissolved organic carbon on ion regulation and nitrogenous waste excretion of zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to low pH in ion-poor water.
2018 · cited by 0
Investigates the nitrogenous waste excretion of zebrafish to assess ionoregulatory homeostasis.