GRIGGS v. DUKE POWER CO., (1971) No. 124 Argued: December 14, 1970 Decided: March 8, 1971
Ammonium Nitrate and fertilizers. Ammonium Nitrate is generally used as a fertilizer. It is actually sold in the form of pellets that are coated with clay. The reason why it is very popular in agriculture is because of the high nitrogen amount in this compound.
So, we use ammonia for building new aminoacids, nucleotides etc. Ammonium goes into reactions as a glutamate --> it goes trough transamination reactions. So afterwards when it has been transamined, we of course get some ''waste products''. these waste products can higher the pH of blood which of course is bad. So afterwards glutamine transports the nitrates to kidneys and afterwards it can be found in urine! Written Feb 3.