A process that converts liphophilic chemicals to water-soluble metabolites in general. The physical properties of the xenobiotics are generally changed from those favoring absorption to those favoring excretion. Sometimes, however, more reactive metabolites are produced by the biotransformation to cause toxicity.
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(2005). Biotransformation. In: Vohr, HW. (eds) Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27806-0_176
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