《英文msh詞典》Metabolic Activations
[入口詞] Metabolic Activations
[主題詞] Biotransformation
[英文釋義] 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.