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The liver possesses the ability to perform a tremendous number of functions while retaining the power to regenerate itself. Its importance to the bodys well-being cannot be over-emphasized. It deaminates proteins, destroys uric acid, stores glycogen, and it produces bile and cholesterol. It is here that urea, serum albumin, fibrinogen, prothrombin, ketone bodies and conjugated glucuronides occur. However, most importantly, the liver is responsible for detoxifying the system (blood) of bacterial and mineral poisons and for excretion, modification, or absorption of dyes and drugs. It is not surprising that liver disease, no matter what the cause, upsets one or more facets of carbohydrate, protein, lipid, bile and/or drug metabolism.