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Inactivation, Metabolic  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WP2ZBG60-7

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