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Abstract
Reduction of pharmacologic activity or toxicity of a drug or other foreign substance by a living system, usually by enzymatic action. It includes those metabolic transformations that make the substance more soluble for faster renal excretion.
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- Inactivation, Metabolic
- Detoxication, Drug, Metabolic
- Detoxification, Drug, Metabolic
- Drug Detoxication, Metabolic
- Metabolic Detoxication, Drug
- Metabolic Detoxification, Drug
- Metabolic Drug Inactivation
- Detoxication, Drug Metabolic
- Detoxication, Metabolic Drug
- Detoxification, Drug Metabolic
- Drug Inactivation, Metabolic
- Drug Metabolic Detoxication
- Drug Metabolic Detoxification
- Inactivation, Metabolic Drug
- Metabolic Drug Detoxication
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5 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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Indexing Annotation
restrict to chemical changes of exogenous substances; IM general only; coordinate NIM with specific drug /pharmacokin (IM) or /metab
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History Note
2015 (1970); use BIOTRANSFORMATION 1970-1979
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QV 38.5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Metabolic Inactivation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008658. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008658
- Metabolic Inactivation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70681625