There exist different schemes of model reduction for parametric ordinary differential systems arising from chemical reaction systems. In this paper, we focus on some schemes which rely on quasi-steady states approximations. We show that these schemes can be formulated by means of differential and algebraic elimination. Our formulation is simpler than the classical ones. It permitted us to obtain an approximation of the basic enzymatic reaction system which is different from those of Henri-Michaëlis-Menten and Briggs-Haldane
