It is also used in the treatment of high blood pressure, low blood potassium that does not improve with supplementation, early-onset puberty, and acne and excessive hair growth in women. It is also used for hormone therapy in transgender women. Spironolactone is taken by mouth.
- break down dead organic matter and waste matter from organisms to CO2, H2O and ions F.2.2: Draw and label a diagram of the nitrogen cycle F.2.3: State the roles of Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter and Pseudomonas denitrificans in the nitrogen cycle The Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen assimilation is the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment. Organisms like plants, fungi and certain bacteria that cannot fix nitrogen gas (N2) depend on the ability to assimilate nitrate or ammonia for their needs. Other organisms, like animals, depend entirely on organic nitrogen from their food.