What are the functions of liver?
This metabolically active organ carries out some vital functions, some of its primary functions are as follows: Carries out metabolism of proteins, fats and carbohydrates It produces and excretes bile It is responsible to excrete cholesterol, bilirubin, drugs and hormones Responsible to activate enzymes It stores vitamins, minerals and glycogen It is responsible to synthesize plasma proteins namely albumin and clotting factors It detoxifies the blood and purifies it
