HDL is synthesized in

Liver

Muscle

Adipose tissue

The major source of cholesterol in arterial smooth muscle cells is from:

LDL

HDL

VHDL

Action of insulin on lipid metabolism is:

IT INCREASES LIPOLYSIS AND DECREASES TRIPLICERDE SYNTHESIS

IT DECREASES LIPOLYSIS AND INCREASES TRIPLICERDE SYNTHESIS

NONE OF THE ABOVE

Which statement below best describes the metabolic rate of LDL:

HDL ARE ACTED ON BY LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE TO FORM LDL WHICH IS CONVERTED TO LDL

VLDL ARE ACTED ON BY LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE TO FORM LDL WHICH IS CONVERTED TO LDL

Urea cycle converts:

Ammonia to a less toxic form

Ammonia to urea

Which of the following is the major point of regulation on the pathway to cholesterol:

HMG co-A synthase

Pyruvate kinase

Thiolase

HMG co-A reductase

In obstructive jaundice, urinary bilirubin is:

Absent

Increasing

Decreasing

Which of the following is unable to protect against free radical damage:

Vitamin E

Vitamin B6

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

In hemalytic jaundice bilirubin is:

Increased

Decreased

Stays the same

A ketogenic amino acid is one which degrades to:

Glucose levels

Liver syntheses

HDL

Hepatic glycogenesis

Following is a normal overnight fast and a cup of black coffee, a diabetic…. May result in:

Hypoglcemia

Hyperplastic amenia

Decreased levels of glucongenisis

Which serum enzyme is most diagnostic in obstructive jaundice:

ALP

LPL

HDL

VHDL

Deficiency in folate can cause:

Hypoglycemia

Hyperplastic Amenia

Bilirubin

Biochemical basis of precipitation of porphyria by barbiturates is:

Liver synthesis

Urea Cycle

Derepression of ALA synthase

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