| Domain | Definition | ||
| Environment | 1: Conversion of a substance into other compounds by organisms; includes biodegredation. (references) | 2: Biotransformation refers to the process by which compounds are biologically changed. One example is dechlorination (see below). (references) | |
| Health | 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. (references) | ||
| Medicine | The metabolic reactions in an organism whereby a foreign chemical, introduced into the organism, is either converted to a different compound or conjugated to a metabolite of the organism. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BIOTRANSFORMATION
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Biotransformation (bioconversion) | Geology | 1) The sequence of chemical reactions which a compound goes through in the body of an organism (including plants). 2) The conversion of a compound from one form to another by the actions of organisms or enzymes. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: BIOTRANSFORMATION | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Biotransformation | 13 | Biotransformation | 13 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
