《英文msh词典》Metabolic Activations
[入口词] Metabolic Activations
[主题词] Biotransformation
[英文释义] The chemical alteration of an exogenous substance by or in a biological system. The alteration may inactivate the compound or it may result in the production of an active metabolite of an inactive parent compound. The alteration may be either non-synthetic (OXIDATION-REDUCTION; HYDROLYSIS) or synthetic (glucuronide formation,sulfate conjugation,ACETYLATION; METHYLATION). This also includes metabolic detoxication and clearance.