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What is drug biotransformation?

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They are reactions done to enhance the hydrophilicity of drugs to make them susceptible to be excreted renal. two rxn: oxidation-reduction/ hydrolysis (phase I), and Conjugation (phase II) They can either convert drug into inactive form, or convert it into a toxic form, or convert prodrug into active form


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