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Oral neomycin is beneficial in hepatic coma because:
A. In hepatic failure patients it is absorbed
from the intestines
B. It decreases ammonia production by gut
bacteria
C. It reacts chemically with ammonia in the
gut to prevent its diffusion into blood
D. It induces ammonia detoxifying enzymes in
the liver
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B. It decreases ammonia production by gut
bacteria
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