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Drug metabolism
Drug metabolism
also known as
xenobiotic metabolism
is the
biochemical
modification of
pharmaceutical substances
or
xenobiotics
respectively by living
organisms
, usually through specialized
enzymatic
systems. Drug metabolism often converts
lipophilic
chemical compounds
into more readily
excreted
hydrophilic
products. The rate of metabolism determines the duration and intensity of a drug's pharmacological action.
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