AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1997

  • question_answer
    Trimethylamine oxide is an excretory product in

    A)  fresh water teleosts

    B)  marine teleosts

    C)  marine invertebrate

    D)  none of these.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    : In marine teleosts nearly one-third of the nitrogenous wastes are removed in the form of trimethylamine oxide. This substance is soluble in water and is non-toxic. Its quantity keeps on increasing in dead fish, and the strong fishy smell of the fish is actually due to this substance.


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